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The Penguin Modern Painters: A History

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Author: Carol Peaker
Designer: Fred Price
Date: 2001
ISBN: 0952740141
Type: PCS Publication
Pages: 124
Medium: Large Format
Series: Art and Architecture
Focus: History of Penguin

Carol Peaker’s detailed and thorough examination of the state of British art between the wars, and during WWII. Allen Lane persuaded Sir Kenneth Clark to front a series which aimed to do for modern artists, what Penguin had already achieved for writers: universal accessibility and appreciation. At a time when Penguin’s main output comprised books printed on paper so crudely recycled that whole words from previous printings were often visible, they contrived somehow to obtain high-quality art paper for this hugely influential, and popular series.

Large format, perfect-bound, 22 x 18 cms with 12 colour plates.

Printed by Octoprint
Print run 750