The era-defining, richly photographed survey of the 1960s British art world by Bryan Robertson, John Russell and Lord Snowdon. Large format hardcover 34 × 27.5 cm with 101 colour and 267 b/w illustrations.
Private View is a significant moment in the history of British art publishing. It documents the leading artists working in Britain during the 1960s. Richly illustrated throughout with outstanding full-page reproductions of portraits by Lord Snowdon of artists and their work, both in their homes and studios. Frank Auerbach, Francis Bacon, Frank Bowling, Lynn Chadwick, Prunella Clough, Patrick Caulfield, Lucian Freud, Elisabeth Frink, Barbara Hepworth, Roger Hilton, David Hockney, Eduardo Paolozzi, Bridget Riley, Graham Sutherland, William Turnbull and many others.
Private View was the result of several years’ collaboration between Lord Snowdon, then artistic advisor at The Sunday Times, Bryan Robertson, Director of the Whitechapel Art Gallery, and art historian and critic, John Russell.
Title Private View: The Lively World of British Art
Authors: Bryan Robertson, John Russell and Lord Snowdon.
Publisher: Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.
Publication date: 1965
Pages: 298 pp.
Format: Hardcover, beige cloth-covered boards, in illustrated dust-jacket
Images: 101 colour and 267 b&w illustrations.
Condition: dust jacket with several chips and short tears. Internally fine and unmarked.
Provenance: The Library of Rod Hill
Stock Number: RB05180 RH
The era-defining, richly photographed survey of the 1960s British art world by Bryan Robertson, John Russell and Lord Snowdon. Large format hardcover 34 × 27.5 cm with 101 colour and 267 b/w illustrations.
Private View is a significant moment in the history of British art publishing. It documents the leading artists working in Britain during the 1960s. Richly illustrated throughout with outstanding full-page reproductions of portraits by Lord Snowdon of artists and their work, both in their homes and studios. Frank Auerbach, Francis Bacon, Frank Bowling, Lynn Chadwick, Prunella Clough, Patrick Caulfield, Lucian Freud, Elisabeth Frink, Barbara Hepworth, Roger Hilton, David Hockney, Eduardo Paolozzi, Bridget Riley, Graham Sutherland, William Turnbull and many others.
Private View was the result of several years’ collaboration between Lord Snowdon, then artistic advisor at The Sunday Times, Bryan Robertson, Director of the Whitechapel Art Gallery, and art historian and critic, John Russell.
Title Private View: The Lively World of British Art
Authors: Bryan Robertson, John Russell and Lord Snowdon.
Publisher: Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.
Publication date: 1965
Pages: 298 pp.
Format: Hardcover, beige cloth-covered boards, in illustrated dust-jacket
Images: 101 colour and 267 b&w illustrations.
Condition: dust jacket with several chips and short tears. Internally fine and unmarked.
Provenance: The Library of Rod Hill
Stock Number: RB05180 RH
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