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This institution also provides a list of works with incomplete provenance during the period 1933-1945.
HULL CITY MUSEUMS & ART GALLERY
(FERENS ART GALLERY)
Designated collection
Ferens Art Gallery
Queen Victoria Square
Hull
HU1 3RA
CONTACT
Kirsten Simister, Keeper of Art
Tel: 01482 613902
Fax: 01482 613710
E-mail: kirsten.simister@hullcc.gov.uk
GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF COLLECTION
. Paintings - Dutch, European and British, 16th - 20th centuries
. Prints and Drawings, 16th - 20th centuries
. Sculpture, 15th - 20th centuries
1. OVERALL PLANS
PARTS OF COLLECTION EXCLUDED
Works acquired up to and including 1932.
Works created after and including 1946.
Very obvious local works by local artists (eg. a painting of the Hull Docks from 1944).
The entire print collection is low priority.
INITIAL FOCUS FOR RESEARCH
Easel paintings: all periods except as excluded above.
Drawings and watercolours: all periods except as excluded above.
Sculpture: all periods except as excluded above.
TIMESCALE FOR RESEARCH
Commenced research July 2000 and is now ongoing.
All Pre-1840 Old Master paintings and sculpture were published by April 2003.
All Post-1840 European and British paintings are to be published in 2006.
All drawings and watercolours are to be published in 2006.
Work on the post 1840 sculpture is to be published in 2006/2007.
All auction house results received to date will be incorporated into the lists. Research for the remainder of our collection is ongoing.
2. RESEARCH PLANNED IN TARGET AREAS
METHOD OF RESEARCH
1. Initial research to establish high probability value items has now been done.
2. Consultant researcher Christopher Wright has carried out in-depth provenance research into our pre 1840 holdings (all paintings and some sculpture), now published and on our website.
3. Post 1840 sculpture is still to be researched.
4. Post 1840 European and British painting research is ongoing with Christopher Wright.
3. INFORMATION ON MAKING GENERAL ENQUIRIES ABOUT COLLECTION
As above.
THE ARCHIVES OF THE FERENS ART GALLERY
These consist of:
. The administrative and exhibition records, including past exhibition catalogues, of the Ferens Art Gallery from its opening in 1927 to the present day.
. Limited administrative and exhibition records, including some past exhibition catalogues, of the old Hull art galleries at the Albion Street Museum and the City Hall prior to the opening of the Ferens Art Gallery in 1927.
. History files for each artwork held in the collection of the Ferens Art Gallery, together with a limited amount of files relating to artworks no longer held by the Gallery (eg. paintings destroyed during the Blitz)
. The History Files include such information as acquisition details, exhibition history etc. Amongst them is a small selection of original artists' letters.
Most of these records are available to the public: only sensitive material, such as confidential donor information, is withheld. The Ferens does not have a Librarian or Archivist, so no catalogue or database exists of the records held. There are also elements that are still to be sorted and categorised.
Access to the records described above is at the gallery and by appointment only, Mon-Sat 10.00am - 5.00pm: contact the Assistant Keeper of Art:
Ferens Art Gallery,
Queen Victoria Square,
Hull, HU1 3RA:
Tel 01482 613902 Fax 01482 613710
E-mail: laura.turner@hullcc.gov.uk
PRESS OFFICE CONTACT DETAILS
As above.