Richard Smith, 1931–2016, BritishPhotograph by Eliot Elisofon, 1911–1973, American
Title:
Richard Smith, Biographical Cover
Date:
1969
Materials & Techniques:
Screen print on medium, slightly textured, brown wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 25 5/8 × 51 1/4 inches (65.1 × 130.2 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Lettered upper left: "8"; upper right: "Richard Smith"; lower right: "Richard Smith | was born in Letchworth, | England in 1931. He studied at Luton School of | Art, St. Albans School of Art, and the Royal | College of Art. His one-man shows include: | Green Gallery, New York, 1961; Richard Feigen | Gallery, New York; Kasmin Gallery, London; | Galleria dell'Ariete, Milan; Galerie hans Meyer- | Denise Rene, Krefeld. | He has had retrospectives at the Whitechapel | Gallery in London, 1966 and at the Jewish | Museum in New York, 1968. He was awarded | the grand prize at the 1967 Sao Paulo Bienal, | and was shown in the British pavilion at the | XXXVth Venice Biennale."
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Barbara Sunderman Hoerner