The visitors' book : in Francis Bacon's shadow : the lives of Richard Chopping and Denis Wirth-Miller
Turner, Jon Lys2017
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Denis Wirth-Miller and Dicky Chopping were a couple at the heart of the mid-20th century art world, with the visitors' book of the Essex townhouse they shared from 1945 until 2008 painting them as Zeligs of British society. 'The Visitors' Book' is both an extraordinary insight into the minutiae of Dicky and Denis's life together and what it meant to be gay in pre-Wolfenden Britain, as well as a pocket social history of the era and a unique perspective into mid-20th century art. With reams of previously unseen material, this is a fascinating and unique opportunity to delve into post-war Britain.
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Author:
Turner, Jon Lys, author
Imprint:
London : Constable, 2017.
Collation:
392 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: 2016.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781472121677 (pbk. :)
Language:
English
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BRN:
910055