‘‘Glass Negatives‘, collection owner: Nigel Henderson, 1949–54‘, collection owner: Nigel Henderson, 1949–54 – Tate Archive

The personal papers of Nigel Graeme Henderson (1917-1985)

1913–84

Available online are a large quantity of photographs taken by Nigel Henderson since the 1940s. Subjects include family members, jazz musicians, other artists and artwork, architecture and various geographical locations. Photographs of the exhibition and photographich boards for, 'Parallel of Life and Art' at the Institue of Contemporary Arts which he co-curated, images of Eduardo Paolozzi as well as photographs of the construction of Hunstanton Secondary Modern School, designed by Alison and Peter Smithson, are also online.

Also included are portraits of Nigel Henderson as a young boy with his brother and portraits of his mother as a young woman.

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

Collection Owner: Nigel Henderson 1917–1985
Collection: Tate Archive
Acquisition: The papers were acquired by the Tate Archive from Janet Henderson and the Henderson family in 1992.
Reference: TGA 9211

1,124 objects in this collection

The personal papers of Nigel Graeme Henderson (1917-1985)

1,124 Objects

Title: Glass Negatives
Date: 1949–54
Description: Those taken by Nigel Henderson show graffti, photograms, Bethnal Green, forms seen through microscope and sculptures by Eduardo Paolozzi. Also includes photographic images not by Henderson of flowers, canal barges and lantern slides.
Reference: TGA 9211/10

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1,124 objects in this collection

Showing 1–20 of 82 objects

Photograph of ‘Bird’, 1950, by Eduardo Paolozzi, in plaster or clay

Photograph of ‘Bird’, 1950, by Eduardo Paolozzi, in plaster or clay

Photograph showing variant of ‘Forms on a Bow I’, 1951, by Eduardo Paolozzi in plaster or clay

Photograph showing variant of ‘Forms on a Bow I’, 1951, by Eduardo Paolozzi in plaster or clay

Photograph showing school children celebrating an event for the Coronation

Photograph showing school children celebrating an event for the Coronation

Photograph showing school children celebrating an event for the Coronation

Photograph showing school children celebrating an event for the Coronation

Photograph showing graffiti on walls

Photograph showing graffiti on walls

Photograph showing interior of a public bar

Photograph showing interior of a public bar

Photograph showing interior of a public bar

Photograph of men shown standing in front of a cityscape background

Photograph of men shown standing in front of a cityscape background

Photograph of a crystal or organism through a microscope

Photograph of streptobacillus moniliformis through a microscope

Photograph of porphyrin crystals through a microscope

Photograph of a crystal or organism through a microscope

Photograph showing two unidentified children pulling a horse beside a canal

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