A re-issue of Leach’s book, first published in 1978. Born in Hong Kong, he later lived for many years in Japan where he trained as a potter; eventually he settled near St Ives, built a Japanese-style kiln and became the father of British Studio pottery.
Beyond East and West: Memoirs, Portraits and Essays
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£25.00
Edition:Hardback978191269021301/11/2019
Categories: 08. New Year 2024: Art, Biography, Letters & Diaries, Decorative Arts
Tags: C20th Art, Memoir
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Works featured are all from the collection of Pallant House Gallery in Chichester, from the 1960s to the present.
Hockney to Himid – 60 Years of British Printmaking
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A portrait of the group composed of Barbara Hepworth and Ben Nicholson, Henry Moore, Paul Nash, Herbert Read, Gropius, Mondrian and others: how their lives crossed and influenced one another... read more
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Grayson Perry: The Pre-Therapy Years
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Hot on the heels of Peter Adams's biography last autumn comes this larger-format and well-illustrated collection of essays.
Eileen Gray, Designer and Architect
Hardback £45.00