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  • Material relating to Klaus Hinrichsen’s talks on Kurt Schwitters for the BBC

Folders of writings and talks by Klaus Hinrichsen as well as research material collected by Hinrichsen and correspondence relating to Kurt Schwitters and other émigré and interned artists.

1920–2004

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Items available online are the personal papers of Klaus Hinrichsen. During 1940-41 Hinrichsen was interned in Hutchinson Internment Camp, Isle of Man. The collection documents his time there comprising of camp newspapers, poems, photographs, articles and an identification badge. Also included are his writings on the artist Kurt Schwitters who was also interned in Hutchinson Internment Camp and became a close friend.

Details of the remainder of the collection can be found on the Archive catalogue.

Collection Owner
Klaus Hinrichsen 1912–2004
Collection
Tate Archive
Acquisition
Presented by Klaus Hinrichsen's family in 2005.
Reference
TGA 20052

224 objects in this collection

  • Folders of writings and talks by Klaus Hinrichsen as well as research material collected by Hinrichsen and correspondence relating to Kurt Schwitters and other émigré and interned artists.

    224 Objects

    • Writings and Talks

      6 Objects

      • Material relating to Klaus Hinrichsen’s autobiographical talks, labelled ‘Weimar Republic Nazi Rule talks’

        1 Object

      • Material relating to Klaus Hinrichsen’s talks on Kurt Schwitters for the BBC

        2 Objects

      • Material relating to Hinrichsen’s talk ‘Art in Hutchinson Camp’ held 17 Sep 1986 at the Camden Arts Centre, London.

        1 Object

      • Material relating to the anonymous publication ‘The “P” Camp’ held at the Imperial War Museum, London

        1 Object

      • Talk ‘Kurt Schwitters’ at Tate

        1 Object

    • Subject Files, A-Z

      218 Objects

Title
Material relating to Klaus Hinrichsen’s talks on Kurt Schwitters for the BBC
Date
1985–97
Description
Folder contains manuscript notes and typescript for 'Interned with Kurt Schwitters' as well as two audio tapes.
Reference
TGA 20052/1/5

Showing 2 objects

Typescript for ‘Interned with Kurt Schwitters’

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) (London, UK), Klaus Hinrichsen
[May 1988]

Annotated page of typescript

Klaus Hinrichsen
November 1985
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