Ffeil / File IA/5 - Individual poems by Tony Curtis

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IA/5

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Individual poems by Tony Curtis

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  • [2012x2021] (Creation)

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1 small box (0.009 m³)

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Draft and fair-copied individual loose poems by Tony Curtis, with amendments in Curtis's hand.

Poems titled 'Claude and Chou Chou at Le Moulleau, 1916', 'The Mayor of Llansteffan' and 'Andrew Wyeth's "Snow Hill"' include attached related material (for material related to 'Andrew Wyeth's "Snow Hill"', see April 2018 papers under headings From the Fortunate Isles (Seren Books, 2016) and Andrew Wyeth exhibition).

Some poems accompanied by small-scale copies of photographs.

Together with rough manuscript limericks in Tony Curtis's hand (kept at rear of sequence of poems).

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Poems arranged in alphabetical order of title, disregarding prefix 'The'. Poem titled 'The XXIInd Biennale' listed under 'T'. Untitled poem kept at rear of sequence.
More substantial material kept in envelopes marked with title of poem.

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  • English

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Poem titled 'Claude and Chou Chou at Le Moulleau, 1916': contains some French; attached article has French title.

Poem titled 'The Song Prize': one short stanza in French.

Poem titled 'Bywyd': in Welsh. (Direction (in English) above the poem most likely relates to a proposed photographic copy to accompany the poem: see other poems with small-scale copies of photographs.)

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Poem titled 'Barry Island': For stone carver Nia Bennett see, for example: https://studiocennen.com/collections/nia-bennett-stone-carver-cowbridge

Poem titled 'Nature to Nature': For sculptor David Nash see, for example: https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/art-artists/name/david-nash-ra

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  • Text: Tony Curtis Papers (June 2021 papers) Box 1 IA/5