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Ferdinand Fook Turned Back Here
Studio International Journal of Modern Art

Item date(s): July / August, 1974

Walter Whall Battiss  (1906-1982)


Pages: 64pp, xvi
Size: 305mm
Inscription: Signed by the artist

Sub-type: Periodical

Place publication: London
Publisher: Studio International Publications Ltd
Previous reference SA/1569
Volume 188
Number 968

Additional notes:
Page x contains the "advertisement" or "insertion" by Walter Battiss. 138 x 105mm. Showing one of his rubber stamp drawings.

This item should be considered an original artwork by Walter Battiss. Despite the circulation of Studio International, it would be quite rare as few realised the significance of this artform at the time (1974).

See: Ex Guide - We Interrupt this Program: Printed Ads and TV Spots by Artists, Mercer Union, Toronto, Canada, 2009. Exhibition: 6/11/09-12/12/09. Extensively discussed in the article "Insertions" by Ted Purves. Details are listed on pA-05. Illustrated on p7 and p10. Signed in the image: RUBBER STAMP ART BY BATTISS.

A letter from Peter Townsend, Editor of Studio International.



Ref: GB/30319







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