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1/2/2005

Kettle's Yard on Paper

Royal Academy of Arts, London

An exhibition of modern master drawings at the Watercolours & Drawings Fair 2005

Kettle's Yard will contribute an exhibition of highlights from its collection of works on paper to the Watercolours & Drawings Fair. Kettle's Yard holds one of the finest collections of twentieth century art in Britain, displayed in a unique domestic setting. Founded in 1957 by Jim Ede, formerly a curator at the Tate Gallery, it was intended as a "refuge of peace and order, of the visual arts and music ... where young people could be at home unhampered by the greater austerity of the museum or public art gallery." The collection includes a major holding of artists connected with St Ives as well as the most important collection of the French sculptor Henri Gaudier-Brzeska.

Ede gave Kettle's Yard and its contents to the University of Cambridge in 1966 and his carefully designed display of works of art, furniture and natural and everyday objects is preserved unaltered. The Watercolours & Drawings Fair will provide a unique opportunity to view works which are rarely seen away from Kettle's Yard. Featured artists will include Ben Nicholson, Barbara Hepworth, David Jones, Elisabeth Vellacott, Constantin Brancusi, all friends of its founder, Jim Ede, alongside Henri Gaudier-Brzeska, Mario Sironi and Max Ernst.

The Watercolours & Drawings Fair 2005 will be held at a new venue, for more information including opening times go to http://www.watercoloursfair.com or contact Lucy Russell at Watercolours & Drawings Fair, 01798 861 815, or Sebastiano Barassi/Lara Sellen at Kettle's Yard, 01223 352124.

Opening evening preview: Wednesday 2 February

The Royal Academy’s
6 Burlington Gardens London W1

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