Correspondence

Component identifier:

Series 1

Content Summary:

The greater part of the papers is correspondence between Rex Nan Kivell and dealers and individuals concerning the formation of his Australasian collection. There are many letters dealing with the collection of and research into portraits for his Portraits of the famous and infamous. Correspondence with the National Library documents the long negotiations which led to the transfer of the collection and the continuing relationship between the Library and Nan Kivell. The series includes correspondence with New Zealand institutions regarding the transfer of the collection and items in it. Also included is personal correspondence with friends and family. There is a smaller amount of business correspondence concerning contemporary art works purchased and sold for the Redfern Gallery. Correspondence with dealers and invoices for purchases are also included. Some of the outgoing business correspondence is from Harry Tatlock Miller, a colleague at the Redfern Gallery. There are a few miscellaneous items, such as labels from paintings, catalogues and invitations.

Both the general correspondence and the business correspondence have been kept together, arranged chronologically. As many of the dealers were also friends of Nan Kivell, there may be some overlap between general correspondents and dealers' correspondents.

Names:

Rex Nan Kivell

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