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A selection of ink and pen drawings by the American poet will be exhibited for the first time at the Mayor Gallery in London.
For the first time, an exhibition of 44 pen and ink drawings by writer and poet Sylvia Plath (1932-1963) are to be shown at the Mayor Gallery in London, from 2 November to 16 December 2011. The exhibition contains drawings made in Paris, Benidorm, Cambridge in England, and Wisconsin. The show reveals Plath’s abiding love for her “deepest source of inspiration”, art. For details of Sylvia Plath: Her Drawings and Dadamaino: Volumes at the Mayor Gallery, check here. A selection of pictures can be viewed at the Telegraph. Via the Daily Telegraph
One of the principle archives held at the Lilly Library is that of the poet Sylvia Plath (1932-1963). Shown here are drafts of her poem "Blackberrying" and a tress of Plath's hair included in the acquisition of the archive from Aurelia Plath, Sylvia's mother.
Sylvia Plath travelled to New York City in June 1953 full of anticipation about a guest editorship at Mademoiselle magazine. She was to return home a changed person, as this extract from Andrew Wilson's biography reveals
A selection of ink and pen drawings by the American poet will be exhibited for the first time at the Mayor Gallery in London.
