Yale Center for British Art

Creator:

Shirley Smith, Richard

Title:

Richard Shirley Smith : the paintings & collages 1957 to 2000 / with a preface by Roy Strong.

Published / Created:

London : John Murray, in association with Studio House, 2002.

Physical Description:

148 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. ports. ; 30 cm.

Holdings:

Reference Library
NJ18 Sm675 A12 2002 (LC)

Rare Books and Manuscripts
MSS 17 Moss no. 28
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Roger W. Moss

Copyright Status:

Related Content:

View finding aid for the Roger W. Moss Collection of manuscript, original art and printed material by and about Richard Shirley Smith http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/ycba.mss.0017

Classification:

Books

Notes:

"Limited edition of 140 copies signed and numbered by Shirley Smith ... Contained in a chemise are two wood engravings dating to 1961 signed and numbered by Shirley Smith: 'A Winter Night' and 'The Dark Tower,' both of which were first published in A Point of Departure by Joyce Finzi [Bain nos. 13 and 23]."--Moss.

Moss, R.W. Richard Shirley Smith, 28

Bain, I. Wood engravings of Richard Shirley Smith, 13, 23

BAC: British Art Center copy no. 82 of 140, signed and numbered by author. Bound in original quarter gray cloth and illustrated boards, in gray cloth-covered slipcase. Three items laid in: color prospectus for the publication; limited edition order form; and special pre-publication order form with note on verso to Roger W. Moss from Shirley Smith concerning the satisfactory reproduction of two acrylic paintings (from the collection of Roger W. Moss).

BAC: From the Roger W. Moss Collection of manuscript, original art and printed material by and about Richard Shirley Smith.

Contents:

Preface / by Roy Strong -- Introduction / by Richard Shirley Smith -- I. Collage -- II. Pulcinella & The Commedia dell'Arte -- III. Theatrical figures & architecture -- IV. Surrealist influence -- V. Objects on the sand -- VI. Domestic still life -- VII. Classical fragments -- Various Essays: David Jones / by Richard Shirley Smith -- A painted clavichord / by Sir Evelyn Shuckburgh -- The painter as wood engraver / by Linda Saunders -- Review of the Ashmolean retrospective / by Simon Brett -- Still life with marble foot / by Ian Lowe -- Archaeological fragments / by Carolyn Leder -- Disasters of a decorator / by Richard Shirley Smith -- Appendix: List of main exhibitions -- List of trompe-l'oeil mural decorations -- List of main illustrated books -- Illustrated periodical and newspaper articles -- Illustrated sections in reference books -- Chronology -- Catalogue of framed works and three-dimensional objects.

Subject Terms:

Shirley Smith, Richard. | Painting -- Great Britain. | Collage -- Great Britain. | John Murray -- Publisher. | Studio House -- Publisher.

Form/Genre:

Wood engravings -- 2002.

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