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Item date(s): 1973

Walter Whall Battiss (1906-1982)

Size: 45.5 x 12 x 22.7cm
Technique: Pen & ink on wooden tomato box
Inscription: Signed

Category: Found
Type: Sculpture

ART 1152

Additional notes:
Tomato Box.

In a letter to Dacre Punt dated 17 Jan. 1973, Battiss writes: I've been writing some "poems" etc & painting on tomato boxes. It's strange how interesting writing becomes in 3 dimensional perspective.

See Transcription with Transcriber's Notes by Jack Ginsberg (with help from Wikipedia!) filed with item.

Ref: GB/50037