Roland Penrose

Works associated with Roland Penrose (1900–1984) — British Surrealist artist, poet, and curator, a key figure in introducing Surrealism to Britain and co-founder of the Institute of Contemporary Arts, London. Exhibition ephemera, printed matter, and documents referencing or issued in connection with Penrose’s practice.

  • Original 1990 Collages Surréalistes exhibition invitation, Galerie Zabriskie, Paris — cover reproducing Georges Hugnet, Le Sphinx du Moulin Vert, 1934: aerial black-and-white photograph of Paris with radiating boulevards, a single realistic eye with lashes montaged at centre. Original 1990 Collages Surréalistes vernissage insert, Galerie Zabriskie, Paris — recto printed in brown on cream stock with ZABRISKIE in vertical type at left margin; invitation text from Virginia Zabriskie for cocktail reception Tuesday 27 March 1990, 18h30, 37 rue Quincampoix, entry code 2457, 1er étage gauche.

    Collages Surréalistes — Exhibition Invitation, Galerie Zabriskie, Paris, 1990

    Collages Surréalistes — Exhibition Invitation, Galerie Zabriskie, Paris, 1990