The Book of Pianelli

Description

Series[UMA-SRE-20140054] PHOTOGRAPHSAccession[2014.0038] GERMAINE GREER ARCHIVEIdentifierUMA-ITE-2014005400536Scope and ContentOriginally housed 2014.0038 Unit 462. Contains: 1 red and gold photo album with enclosed photographs, correspondence, written commentary and poetry [many items are duplicates not original]. Album dimensions: 31cm x 29.5cm x 4.9cm. Album contains 70 colour photographs of various dimensions and 1 colour polaroid. The album documents the friendship of Germaine Greer and Gay Clifford [In the period between 1973-1978] with a focus on their mutual love for Pianelli, the house they shared in Cortona, Italy. The first page of the album contains a photograph of the Pianelli house, the album's title "The Book of Pianelli", a drawing of a love heart with wings, and a pressed flower. On one of the final pages is a letter to Gay Clifford explaining the album: "Dear Gay, I have made this book, the first photo album I have ever kept, for one reason. I want you to have the pleasure of anticipating your visit to Pianelli in July". Likely photographed by Germaine Greer. Correspondence relating to aquisition of the album: 2014.0042.00154. Subjects: Pianelli; Cortona; Gay Clifford; Germaine Greer; Homes and Haunts; Pets; Cats; Busy; Bisi; Boogaloo; Rivo Bruschi; Ruby Kemp; Lisa Barboni; Berto Barboni; Christina Gascoigne; Butterflies; Flowers; Plants; Garden; Poetry; Snake; Cars; Borgmobile; Saveloy; Friendship; Love; Full Moon; Landscape; John Byrne; Visitors; Letters; Journal; Photo album; Snap shots; MemoryAccess StatusAccess restrictions applyRequest TypeRequest unitUnit2014.0054 Unit 0024MenuBrowse digitised items | Available in the Reading Room

Provenance

CreatorGreer, GermaineRoleProvenance

Dates

Datec.1973-c.1978

Description Control

Previous System ID2014.0054.00536

Characteristics

Genre/FormPhotograph albums

Relationships

Feature CollectionThe Germaine Greer Archive

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