First Edition. This is Tomorrow. Whitechapel Gallery, London, 1956 First Edition
First edition of This Is Tomorrow the catalogue of the landmark Independent Group exhibition held at the Whitechapel Gallery in 1956.
From the edition limited to 1,300 copies. Catalogue edited by Theo Crosby and designed by Edward Wright. A seminal exhibition catalogue published in a pivotal year in the history of British culture. An attempt by twelve teams of architects and artists to produce a vision of habitation in the future.
Including Theo Crosby, William Turnbull, Richard Hamilton, John McHale, Leslie Thornton, Sarah Jackson, John Ernest, Anthony Hill, Denis Williams, Eduardo Paolozzi, Alison and Peter Smithson, Nigel Henderson, Victor Pasmore, Erno Goldfinger, Helen Phillips, Mary Martin, Kenneth Martin, Robert Adams, Colin St.John Wilson, Adrian Heath, Lawrence Alloway, Tony del Renzio and others.
Title: This is Tomorrow
Author: Theo Crosby (ed.)
Publisher: Whitechapel Gallery, London
Publication date: 1956 First Edition limited to 1300 copies
Format: Softcover spiral bound. The catalogue was printed by Print Partners in offset litho from text prepared by the Printing Section of Kings College, Newcastle upon Tyne.
Pages: 128pp. 16 x 17 cm
Condition: Very Good. Original publisher's spiral bound blue printed wrappers, title in reddish brown and white/cream to upper cover. Small crease to lower right corner of upper cover and upper left corner of rear cover. Some white paint loss to spiral binding, and some slight edge wear, otherwise a very good copy.
Stock Number: RB02183
First edition of This Is Tomorrow the catalogue of the landmark Independent Group exhibition held at the Whitechapel Gallery in 1956.
From the edition limited to 1,300 copies. Catalogue edited by Theo Crosby and designed by Edward Wright. A seminal exhibition catalogue published in a pivotal year in the history of British culture. An attempt by twelve teams of architects and artists to produce a vision of habitation in the future.
Including Theo Crosby, William Turnbull, Richard Hamilton, John McHale, Leslie Thornton, Sarah Jackson, John Ernest, Anthony Hill, Denis Williams, Eduardo Paolozzi, Alison and Peter Smithson, Nigel Henderson, Victor Pasmore, Erno Goldfinger, Helen Phillips, Mary Martin, Kenneth Martin, Robert Adams, Colin St.John Wilson, Adrian Heath, Lawrence Alloway, Tony del Renzio and others.
Title: This is Tomorrow
Author: Theo Crosby (ed.)
Publisher: Whitechapel Gallery, London
Publication date: 1956 First Edition limited to 1300 copies
Format: Softcover spiral bound. The catalogue was printed by Print Partners in offset litho from text prepared by the Printing Section of Kings College, Newcastle upon Tyne.
Pages: 128pp. 16 x 17 cm
Condition: Very Good. Original publisher's spiral bound blue printed wrappers, title in reddish brown and white/cream to upper cover. Small crease to lower right corner of upper cover and upper left corner of rear cover. Some white paint loss to spiral binding, and some slight edge wear, otherwise a very good copy.
Stock Number: RB02183
First edition of This Is Tomorrow the catalogue of the landmark Independent Group exhibition held at the Whitechapel Gallery in 1956.
From the edition limited to 1,300 copies. Catalogue edited by Theo Crosby and designed by Edward Wright. A seminal exhibition catalogue published in a pivotal year in the history of British culture. An attempt by twelve teams of architects and artists to produce a vision of habitation in the future.
Including Theo Crosby, William Turnbull, Richard Hamilton, John McHale, Leslie Thornton, Sarah Jackson, John Ernest, Anthony Hill, Denis Williams, Eduardo Paolozzi, Alison and Peter Smithson, Nigel Henderson, Victor Pasmore, Erno Goldfinger, Helen Phillips, Mary Martin, Kenneth Martin, Robert Adams, Colin St.John Wilson, Adrian Heath, Lawrence Alloway, Tony del Renzio and others.
Title: This is Tomorrow
Author: Theo Crosby (ed.)
Publisher: Whitechapel Gallery, London
Publication date: 1956 First Edition limited to 1300 copies
Format: Softcover spiral bound. The catalogue was printed by Print Partners in offset litho from text prepared by the Printing Section of Kings College, Newcastle upon Tyne.
Pages: 128pp. 16 x 17 cm
Condition: Very Good. Original publisher's spiral bound blue printed wrappers, title in reddish brown and white/cream to upper cover. Small crease to lower right corner of upper cover and upper left corner of rear cover. Some white paint loss to spiral binding, and some slight edge wear, otherwise a very good copy.
Stock Number: RB02183