The exhibition announcement card, for “Richard Hamilton, Swingeing London ’67. People. Graphics 1963-68” held at Robert Fraser Gallery, London, April 15 – May 20 1969.
A very rare ephemeral item associated with an iconic image which has come to define a crucial period in Britain’s cultural history.
On 12th February 1967, Mick Jagger and the gallery owner Robert Fraser were arrested for drug possession after a party at Keith Richard’s house in West Sussex. For his exhibition at Robert Fraser Gallery in 1969, (which the present card announces) Richard Hamilton created six different screenprints based on a now iconic photograph published in the Daily Mail showing Jagger and Fraser hand-cuffed together in a police van enroute from the party to Chichester Magistrates Court.
The 2015 exhibition “A Strong Sweet Smell of Incense” curated by Brian Clarke at Pace Gallery – a major tribute show in honour of Robert Fraser – borrowed its title from the police report on the party.
Title: Exhibition announcement card, Richard Hamilton, Swingeing London ’67
Publisher: Robert Fraser Gallery, London
Publication date: 1969
Format: Folding card
Pages: 4, List of 35 works.
Condition: Very good. Small discreet annotation in blue pen to rear cover
Stock Number: RB04059 66
The exhibition announcement card, for “Richard Hamilton, Swingeing London ’67. People. Graphics 1963-68” held at Robert Fraser Gallery, London, April 15 – May 20 1969.
A very rare ephemeral item associated with an iconic image which has come to define a crucial period in Britain’s cultural history.
On 12th February 1967, Mick Jagger and the gallery owner Robert Fraser were arrested for drug possession after a party at Keith Richard’s house in West Sussex. For his exhibition at Robert Fraser Gallery in 1969, (which the present card announces) Richard Hamilton created six different screenprints based on a now iconic photograph published in the Daily Mail showing Jagger and Fraser hand-cuffed together in a police van enroute from the party to Chichester Magistrates Court.
The 2015 exhibition “A Strong Sweet Smell of Incense” curated by Brian Clarke at Pace Gallery – a major tribute show in honour of Robert Fraser – borrowed its title from the police report on the party.
Title: Exhibition announcement card, Richard Hamilton, Swingeing London ’67
Publisher: Robert Fraser Gallery, London
Publication date: 1969
Format: Folding card
Pages: 4, List of 35 works.
Condition: Very good. Small discreet annotation in blue pen to rear cover
Stock Number: RB04059 66
