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The Art Critic

Item date(s): n.d.

Walter Whall Battiss  (1906-1982) - (poem by)


Pages: 2pp
Size: 260mm
Language: English
Edition: Unique


Place publication: not stated
Publisher: The artist

Additional notes:
Two sheets of cardboard from the front and back of an envelope.

The original envelope was a larger size but very badly damaged at the edges which were removed.

The front has the poem, an address label from Art International (Lugano, Switzerland) with a drawing added by Battiss and the back shows another decorative drawing.

Poem:

You will meet the

odd art critic who is

so acid that a bitter lemon

by comparison tastes

like honey

Ref: GB/30213







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