John Latham 1921-2006

Estimate

3,000 - 5,000 GBP

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Description

John Latham
Skoob Construction with Arnold's Life Correspondence, Vol.2 and Broken Cup
signed and inscribed 5th EDITION on the underside
mixed media construction
length 28cm., 11in.; height 14.5cm., 5¾in.

Catalogue Note

Born in Africa, Latham studied at Chelsea School of Art from 1946 - 50. He later taught at St Martin's where he was famously dismissed for chewing pages from the library's copy of Greenberg's Art and Culture, spitting them into a bowl and then fermenting the pages in acid and distilling them into a phial. The phial and contents were later acquired by the Museum of Modern Art, New York.