The Cotman Collection | 7

Cotmania. Vol. I. 1926-7

Archive: SDK Sydney Decimus Kitson Archive
Reference Number: SDK/1/2/1/1
Page: insert 4 verso


  • Description

    Letter from [Lewis] G. Fry to Sydney Kitson

    Letter - part of

    Date: c. June 1926

  • Transcription

    Stonycroft, Limpsfield, Surrey Telephone 18 The Chart
    My dear Kitson I have read Kaines-Smith's 'Cotman' with the greatest interest. It is really a vibrant piece of work, but I am not convinced that it is the last word on the subject. As a piece of special pleading it is advisable & almost conclusive: but I can't help feeling that 'pattern' has become almost a fetish with the modern critic. At any rate - to use the present jargon - some room should have been found for "plasticity." Of course the reaction in favour

Letter from [Lewis] G. Fry to Sydney Kitson