Larry Bell / Robert Irwin / Doug Wheeler — Tate Gallery, London, 1970

Original catalogue issued for the Tate Gallery exhibition Larry Bell, Robert Irwin, Doug Wheeler, held in London from 5–31 May 1970. The publication documents a key moment in the introduction of West Coast perceptual art to a British audience and includes texts and photographic material relating to the artists’ investigations into light, transparency, reflection, atmosphere, and spatial perception.

The exhibition occupies an early position within the institutional history of what would later be grouped under the term Light and Space. Bell’s coated glass constructions, Irwin’s perceptual environments, and Wheeler’s atmospheric interventions all moved attention away from the autonomous object toward the conditions of viewing itself. Michael Compton’s accompanying text framed the exhibition through thresholds of perception rather than traditional sculptural form.

The catalogue remains a concise document of that transition. Less a survey than a support structure: artist, image, essay, exhibition. A printed record for the movement of ideas between Los Angeles and London.

The publication functions as retained exhibition infrastructure. Not simply a catalogue but a surviving administrative surface from a moment when perception itself became the subject of the work.

Format: Exhibition catalogue, offset print and black-and-white reproductions in stapled wraps
Dimensions: Approx. square format
Publisher: The Tate Gallery, London
Exhibition dates: 5–31 May 1970
Condition: Very good vintage condition. Light surface wear, minor handling marks, gentle age toning, and small traces of use consistent with period exhibition material. Clean throughout.

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