Penwith Gallery (6 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Book is in very good condition. Colour and b/w photographs.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First edition. 8vo. Original card covers. Foreward by Herbert Read, essay by Alan Bowness. 62 item catalogue, incs works by Barns-Graham, Trevor Bell, Frost, Heron, Hilton, Mackenzie, Pasmore, Peile, Proctor, Snow, Wells, Weschke, Wynter, Hepworth, Milne, Mitchell, Leach and Marshall. …

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First edition. 12mo. Paper covers. 114 item catalogue. Works by John Wells, Bryan Wynter, Barns-Graham, Bryan Pearce, Paul Feiler, Barbara Hepworth, Paul Mount, Denis Mitchell, Janet Leach, Trevor Corser etc.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First edition. 12mo. Paper covers. 127 item catalogue. Works by Alexander Mackenzie, John Wells, Patrick Heron, Douglas Portway, Peter Lanyon, Karl Weschke, Barbara Hepworth, Roger Hilton, Bryan Wynter, Paul Mount, Robert Adams, Denis Mitchell, Bernard Leach, Janet Leach, William Marshall etc.…

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. A folding light blue sheet text printed in red. 133 items listed in the exhibitio . Artists include Terry Frost (4) , Denis Mitchell (4) , W.Barns-Graham (4), Kate Nicholson (2), Adrian Heath (1), Marjorie Mostyn (4), Dod Procter (6), John Wells (4), Patrick Hayman (2), Alfred Wallis (1), Ben Nicholson (3), Barbara Hepworth (6), David Haughton (4), David Leach (7), Bernard Leach (11). As usual with these early catalogues, it is not illustrated, items listed are just titles and prices. Sheet has three old horizontal folds and edges have small tears, tape on verso along spine, else good. Rare. Size 8.25 x 5.25 inches (200 x 135mm) The Penwith Society was founded in 1949 by Barbara Hepworth, Ben Nicholson, Peter Lanyon, Bernard Leach, Sven Berlin and Wilhelmina Barns-Graham, amongst others. This catalogue states that the president is Herbert Read, and the Penwith Society was founded in memory of Borlase Smart.As this issue has 10 on the front cover, I suspect this is the Tenth exhibition of the society, four being held every year from 1949 when the Penwith Society started exhibiting. …

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Spring Exhibition 1956. A folding light grey sheet text printed in red. 129 items listed in the exhibition. Artists include Guy Worsdell (5), M.N.Seward Snow (3) Alexander Mackenzie (2), Trevor Bell (4) Ben Nicholson (5), Jack Pender ( 2) W.Barns-Graham (5), Marjorie Mostyn (3), Jane Mitchell (2) Terry Frost (2), Denis Mitchell (4) , John Milne (3) Kate Nicholson (1), John Wells (4), Barbara Hepworth (1), Bernard Leach (5), William Marshall (6) Kenneth Quick (8). As usual with these early catalogues, it is not illustrated, items listed are just titles, medium and prices. Sheet has three old horizontal folds and overall crease marks on verso paper is rubbed in top right corner,else good. Rare. Size 10.5 x 8.25 inches (270 x 265mm)The Penwith Society was founded in 1949 by Barbara Hepworth, Ben Nicholson, Peter Lanyon, Bernard Leach, Sven Berlin and Wilhelmina Barns-Graham, amongst others. This catalogue states that the president is Sir Herbert Read, Denis Mitchell now the Chairman, the Penwith Society was founded in memory of Borlase Smart.As this issue has 22 on the front cover, I suspect this is the twenty second exhibition of the society, four being held every year from 1949 when the Penwith Society started exhibiting.…