The Archive of
Peter Townsend
Part 1.
Online Soon.
From left: Studio International assistant editor John McEwen, Peter Townsend and André Cadere (with pole) outside the Bloomsbury pub, c. 1972–73
Room & Book is pleased to announce the forthcoming sale of select material from the archive of Peter Townsend (1919-2006), Editor, Writer and Sinologist. Renowned editor of Studio International (1965-1975); founder editor of Art Monthly UK (1967) and of Art Monthly Australia (1987), Townsend also founded Space Studios and Artists Information Registry alongside Bridget Riley and Peter Sedgley.
Artists include: Carl Andre, Francis Bacon, Max Bill, Charles Biederman, Daniel Buren, Joseph Beuys, The Boyle Family, Ruth Burgess, André Cadre, Christo, Michael Craig Martin, Max Ernst, Gilbert & George, Naum Gabo, Liam Gillick, Alexis Hunter, Ian Hamilton Finlay, Barry Flanagan, Hans Haacke, John Heartfield, Patrick Heron, Anthony Hill, David Hockney, John Hoyland, Tadeusz Kantor, Anselm Keifer, Zhang Lansheng, John Latham, Sol Lewitt, Richard Long, Gustav Metzger, Agnes Martin, Kenneth Martin, David Medalla, Henry Moore, Ben Nicholson, Pablo Picasso, Bridget Riley, Peter Sedgley, Jean Tinguely, Richard Tipping, Tony Twigg, Jeff Wall, Andy Warhol, Lawrence Weiner, Li Yuan-chia and many more.
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