Wright, Edward, 1912-1988
Person
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Independent Group: Postwar Britain and the Aesthetics of Plenty, The / Paolozzi E ; Wright E ; McHale J ; Hamilton R., 1990
Item
Identifier: CC-08445-8612
Scope and Contents
Recounts the history of The Institute of Contempoary Arts, London 1950-1962 with emphasis on the artists who launched the Pop Art movement in England. There are several essays on British artists of this period including John McHale (1922-1978), who made artworks from cut-up newspaper headlines. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Dates:
1990
Opening: Finally A Valentine. No.1/Jan / Louis Zukovsky ; Edward Wright ; John Furnival., 1965
Item
Identifier: CC-38076-39966
Scope and Contents
Zukovsky's poem reads, "There is a heart - has no complaint - better a-part - than faint - so the faintest - part of it - has no complaint - a part." Furnival illustrated it with concrete poems and Edward Wright did the typography. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Dates:
1965
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