Gilbert & George, There Were Two Young Men Who Did Laugh.
From the personal archive of Peter Townsend (1919-2006), Editor, Writer and Sinologist. Renowned editor of Studio International (1965-1975); founder editor of Art Monthly UK (1976) and of Art Monthly Australia (1987), Townsend also founded Space Studios and Artists Information Registry alongside Bridget Riley and Peter Sedgley.
Gilbert & George, “There Were Two Young Men” from Studio International, May, 1971. A rare printer’s proof unsigned and unnumbered of the Magazine Sculpture commissioned from Gilbert & George by Charles Harrison for Studio International, May, 1971 [The British Avant-garde] Volume 181, Number 933, pp.220-221. An important early example of an artwork commissioned directly for the printed page. Framed.
Title: Gilbert and George, There Were Two Young Men. Printer’s Proof of the ‘Page Sculpture” Featured in Studio International Magazine pp.220-221, May 1971.
Artist/Author: Gilbert and George
Publisher: Studio International
Publication date: May 1971
Size: 33 x 49.5 (sight size), 49 x 64.5 cm (framed size)
Language: English
Stock Number: RB04639
Provenance: The Personal Archive of Peter Townsend
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From the personal archive of Peter Townsend (1919-2006), Editor, Writer and Sinologist. Renowned editor of Studio International (1965-1975); founder editor of Art Monthly UK (1976) and of Art Monthly Australia (1987), Townsend also founded Space Studios and Artists Information Registry alongside Bridget Riley and Peter Sedgley.
Gilbert & George, “There Were Two Young Men” from Studio International, May, 1971. A rare printer’s proof unsigned and unnumbered of the Magazine Sculpture commissioned from Gilbert & George by Charles Harrison for Studio International, May, 1971 [The British Avant-garde] Volume 181, Number 933, pp.220-221. An important early example of an artwork commissioned directly for the printed page. Framed.
Title: Gilbert and George, There Were Two Young Men. Printer’s Proof of the ‘Page Sculpture” Featured in Studio International Magazine pp.220-221, May 1971.
Artist/Author: Gilbert and George
Publisher: Studio International
Publication date: May 1971
Size: 33 x 49.5 (sight size), 49 x 64.5 cm (framed size)
Language: English
Stock Number: RB04639
Provenance: The Personal Archive of Peter Townsend
Click here to view further items from the Peter Townsend archive
From the personal archive of Peter Townsend (1919-2006), Editor, Writer and Sinologist. Renowned editor of Studio International (1965-1975); founder editor of Art Monthly UK (1976) and of Art Monthly Australia (1987), Townsend also founded Space Studios and Artists Information Registry alongside Bridget Riley and Peter Sedgley.
Gilbert & George, “There Were Two Young Men” from Studio International, May, 1971. A rare printer’s proof unsigned and unnumbered of the Magazine Sculpture commissioned from Gilbert & George by Charles Harrison for Studio International, May, 1971 [The British Avant-garde] Volume 181, Number 933, pp.220-221. An important early example of an artwork commissioned directly for the printed page. Framed.
Title: Gilbert and George, There Were Two Young Men. Printer’s Proof of the ‘Page Sculpture” Featured in Studio International Magazine pp.220-221, May 1971.
Artist/Author: Gilbert and George
Publisher: Studio International
Publication date: May 1971
Size: 33 x 49.5 (sight size), 49 x 64.5 cm (framed size)
Language: English
Stock Number: RB04639
Provenance: The Personal Archive of Peter Townsend
Click here to view further items from the Peter Townsend archive