Unspecified Material 1959
acrylic, wire and books on burlap, mounted on board
96.5 x 97.7 cm
dated 16/3/59 on the reverse
Unspecified Material 1959
1959

Provenance
with Washington Square Galleries, New York purchased by Felix Landau c.1959 Landau Family Collection, Los Angeles, and by descent Christie’s London 20th November 2014, lot 142 Private Collection, London
Exhibited
Alan Gallery, New York, no.125 One of Latham’s ‘skoob’ (books spelt backwards) works; from 1958 books became a crucial element in his art, and he saw them as a source of knowledge but also error.