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Phillips, Tom, 1937-2022

 Person

Nationality

British

Found in 1271 Collections and/or Records:

A TV Dante Diary XII (New Series) / Phillips, Tom; Erskine-Tulloch P., 1984

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Identifier: CC-32398-33969
Scope and Contents

Tom Phillips writes about his trip to Japan and regrets not sharing it with Pella Erskind-Tulloch. Images include reproductions of Hiroshima after explosion of the Atomic Bomb interspersed with hand drawn quotes from Dante in the Italian. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1984

A TV Dante Diary XIII (New Series) / Phillips, Tom., 1984

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Identifier: CC-32399-33970
Scope and Contents

This page consists of preparatory charts for filming sequences. The collage elements are ripped, handwritten and drawn pieces of paper. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1984

A TV Dante Diary XIV (New Series) / Phillips, Tom; Eno B; Murdoch I., 1984

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Identifier: CC-32400-33971
Scope and Contents

This page is based on the package of a pornographic film that that Tom Phillips' son Leo found titled "Dante's Inferno." Phillips painted elements to the flattened and ripped box changed "minors" to "Minos," and crossed out portions of male anatomy. Phillips writes in his text that he showed the video tapes to Iris Murdoch and Brian Eno who liked it a lot and found it inventive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1984

A Young Woman Seated at the Virginals & A Lady at the Virginals with a Gentleman / Phillips, Tom., 1997

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Identifier: CC-28482-29756
Scope and Contents

Phillips analyzes two paintings of Johannes Vermeer as part of his series on music in art through the ages. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1997

Africa: The Art of a Continent / Phillips, Tom, editor ; Picasso P., 1995

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Identifier: CC-04894-4991
Scope and Contents

Published on the occasion of an exhibition with the same title held at the Royal Academy of Arts in London. Phillips, the curator of this exhibition, contributed an introductory essay. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1995

Africa: The Art of a Continent / Tom Phillips, editor., 1995

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Identifier: CC-54574-990020
Scope and Contents

This is an audio overview of the exhibition. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1995

African Arts. No.3/Sum / Phillips T., 1996

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Identifier: CC-27255-27762
Scope and Contents

This issue is dedicated to the exhibition and its catalogue, "Africa: The Art of a Continent" that was curated by Tom Phillips and shown at the Royal Academy of Arts in London with subsequent venues in Berlin and the Guggenheim Museum in NYC. The Sackners attended both the Royal Academy and Guggenheim shows. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1996

After Bamforth / Phillips, Tom., 1976

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Identifier: CC-54460-75267
Scope and Contents

These prints depict pastoral scenes and are alo held by the Australian National Gallery. They are stored in a portfolio box among the Phillips material along along with three other prints (artist proofs) out of series made in 1972 -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1976

After Bamforth (The Happy Land) / Phillips, Tom., 1972

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Identifier: CC-04835-4928
Scope and Contents

The landscape picture, painted in a "pointilistic" style of Seurat, is best appreciated when the viewer squints. Phillips also did a print portfolio with the same title that is held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1972

After Bamforth: Tom writes "I saw H Last night but it wasn't fine" / Phillips, Tom., 1971

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Identifier: CC-54475-989955
Scope and Contents

This is the same image as the drawing held by the Sackner Archive entitled "After Bamforth (The Happy Land)" but the color registrations are slightly different. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1971

After Raphael / Phillips, Tom., 1973

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Identifier: CC-33333-34971
Scope and Contents

The image after a painting by Raphael was created according to the proportions of the Golden Section (square root of 2). The lines making up these divisions are visible as faint black lines that have been enhanced by silkscreening a layer of clear varnish on this 31 color silkscreen print. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1973

After Terborch / Phillips, Tom., 1971

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Identifier: CC-54420-52442
Scope and Contents

Gerard Terborch (1617-1681). He was a Dutch painter of portraits and genre scenes noted for their subtle light and color. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1971