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Institute of Contemporary Arts (London, England)

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Found in 19 Collections and/or Records:

3 Collagists: list of exhibits, 1958

 Item — Box 7: Series 11, Item: 37
Call Number: MSS 60, Series XI
Scope and Contents:

Brochure for an exhibition at the Institute of Contemporary Arts, 1958. Includes artists' statements by Irwin, McHale, and Mesens.

Dates: 1958
Found in: Yale Center for British Art, Rare Books and Manuscripts > John McHale archive > Catalogs, periodicals, ephemera, and small posters

3 Collagists: New work by E.L.T Mesens, John McHale, Gwyther Irwin, 1958

 Item — Box 7: Series 11, Item: 36
Call Number: MSS 60, Series XI
Scope and Contents:

Small exhibition poster. Institute of Contemporary Arts, 5-29 November 1958.

Dates: 1958
Found in: Yale Center for British Art, Rare Books and Manuscripts > John McHale archive > Catalogs, periodicals, ephemera, and small posters

Coding, 1955

 Item — Box 6: Series 7; Series 9; Series 10, Item: 19
Call Number: MSS 60, Series IX
Dates: 1955
Found in: Yale Center for British Art, Rare Books and Manuscripts > John McHale archive > Sheets prepared by McHale for discussion of lecture by E.W. 'Bingo' Meyer, entitled "Probability and Information Theory and their Application to the Visual Arts" given March 8, 1955, to the Independent Group at the Institute of Contemporary Arts

Coin Tossing, 1955

 Item — Box 6: Series 7; Series 9; Series 10, Item: 21
Call Number: MSS 60, Series IX
Dates: 1955
Found in: Yale Center for British Art, Rare Books and Manuscripts > John McHale archive > Sheets prepared by McHale for discussion of lecture by E.W. 'Bingo' Meyer, entitled "Probability and Information Theory and their Application to the Visual Arts" given March 8, 1955, to the Independent Group at the Institute of Contemporary Arts

Collages and objects, 1954

 Item — Box 7: Series 11, Item: 32
Call Number: MSS 60, Series XI
Scope and Contents:

Photocopy of the original brochure. "Exhibition organized by Lawrence Alloway; 13 October - 20 November 1954; London: Institute of Contempoary Arts, 1954."--Leaf [2]. With a list of the 83 items exhibited, including two collages books by John McHale: Palimpcestuous (no. 81) and Secret Life of a Talisman (no. 82).

Dates: 1954
Found in: Yale Center for British Art, Rare Books and Manuscripts > John McHale archive > Catalogs, periodicals, ephemera, and small posters

Dimensions: British Abstract Art, 1948 to 1957, 1957?

 Item — Box 7: Series 11, Item: 35a
Call Number: MSS 60, Series XI
Scope and Contents:

Exhibition announcement, designed by Toni Del Renzio. "Arranged by Lawrence Alloway with the co-operation of the ICA at the O'Hana Gallery, 3 Carlos Place, Grosvenor Square W1, December 6 to 21 …"

Dates: 1957?
Found in: Yale Center for British Art, Rare Books and Manuscripts > John McHale archive > Catalogs, periodicals, ephemera, and small posters

Forms of Coding, 1955

 Item — Box 6: Series 7; Series 9; Series 10, Item: 20
Call Number: MSS 60, Series IX
Dates: 1955
Found in: Yale Center for British Art, Rare Books and Manuscripts > John McHale archive > Sheets prepared by McHale for discussion of lecture by E.W. 'Bingo' Meyer, entitled "Probability and Information Theory and their Application to the Visual Arts" given March 8, 1955, to the Independent Group at the Institute of Contemporary Arts

Frequency of Occurrence of Letters in English in 1000 Letters, 1955

 Item — Box 6: Series 7; Series 9; Series 10, Item: 23
Call Number: MSS 60, Series IX
Dates: 1955
Found in: Yale Center for British Art, Rare Books and Manuscripts > John McHale archive > Sheets prepared by McHale for discussion of lecture by E.W. 'Bingo' Meyer, entitled "Probability and Information Theory and their Application to the Visual Arts" given March 8, 1955, to the Independent Group at the Institute of Contemporary Arts

General Communication System, 1955

 Item — Box 6: Series 7; Series 9; Series 10, Item: 18
Call Number: MSS 60, Series IX
Dates: 1955
Found in: Yale Center for British Art, Rare Books and Manuscripts > John McHale archive > Sheets prepared by McHale for discussion of lecture by E.W. 'Bingo' Meyer, entitled "Probability and Information Theory and their Application to the Visual Arts" given March 8, 1955, to the Independent Group at the Institute of Contemporary Arts

Information on a Noisy Channel, 1955

 Item — Box 6: Series 7; Series 9; Series 10, Item: 22
Call Number: MSS 60, Series IX
Dates: 1955
Found in: Yale Center for British Art, Rare Books and Manuscripts > John McHale archive > Sheets prepared by McHale for discussion of lecture by E.W. 'Bingo' Meyer, entitled "Probability and Information Theory and their Application to the Visual Arts" given March 8, 1955, to the Independent Group at the Institute of Contemporary Arts

Institute of Contemporary Arts : sculpture exhibition arranged by Lawrence Alloway, 1954 or 1955?

 Item — Box 7: Series 11, Item: 31
Call Number: MSS 60, Series XI
Scope and Contents:

Lists works by Robert Adams, Kenneth Armitage, Trevor Bates, Reg Butler, Lynn Chadwick, Geoffrey Clarke, Elizabeth Frink, Barbara Hepworth, John McHale, Bernard Meadows, Henry Moore, Eduardo Paolozzi, William Turnbull, and Rosemary Young.

Dates: 1954 or 1955?
Found in: Yale Center for British Art, Rare Books and Manuscripts > John McHale archive > Catalogs, periodicals, ephemera, and small posters

John McHale Collages, 1956

 Item — Box 7: Series 11, Item: 34
Call Number: MSS 60, Series XI
Scope and Contents:

Brochure. Subtitle: "27 November-15 December 1956. ICA Library, 17-18 Dover Street, London, W1." With an enumeration of the collages: "1. Zebra. 2. Puffhead. 3. Figurehead. 4. Rosehead. 5. Flexible head. 6. Chocolate head. 7. Dial. 8. Maphead. 9. Silverhead. 10. Furhead. 11. Olive head."

Dates: 1956
Found in: Yale Center for British Art, Rare Books and Manuscripts > John McHale archive > Catalogs, periodicals, ephemera, and small posters

Magda Cordell, John McHale, 1962

 Item — Box 6: Series 7; Series 9; Series 10, Item: 29
Call Number: MSS 60, Series X
Scope and Contents:

Poster for an exhibition at the Institute of Contemporary Arts, September 6-October 13, 1962. Credit: Gordon House and Kelpra Studio Ltd., London

Dates: 1962
Found in: Yale Center for British Art, Rare Books and Manuscripts > John McHale archive > Posters

Magda Cordell, John McHale, 1962

 Item — Box 7: Series 11, Item: 41
Call Number: MSS 60, Series XI
Scope and Contents:

Brochure for an exhibition at the Institute of Contemporary Arts, 1962. Includes commentaries by R. Buckminster Fuller (on Magda Cordell's Presences) and Reyner Banham (on John McHale's Transition).

Dates: 1962
Found in: Yale Center for British Art, Rare Books and Manuscripts > John McHale archive > Catalogs, periodicals, ephemera, and small posters

John McHale archive

 Collection
Call Number: MSS 60
Abstract:

The collection comprises collage books, collages, drawings, palettes, and posters by John McHale, with related printed material, including catalogs, periodicals, ephemera, and small posters.

Dates: ca. 1950-1978.
Found in: Yale Center for British Art, Rare Books and Manuscripts > John McHale archive

Order / Disorder, 1955

 Item — Box 6: Series 7; Series 9; Series 10, Item: 24
Call Number: MSS 60, Series IX
Dates: 1955
Found in: Yale Center for British Art, Rare Books and Manuscripts > John McHale archive > Sheets prepared by McHale for discussion of lecture by E.W. 'Bingo' Meyer, entitled "Probability and Information Theory and their Application to the Visual Arts" given March 8, 1955, to the Independent Group at the Institute of Contemporary Arts

Painters' Carpets, 1962

 Item — Box 7: Series 11, Item: 40
Call Number: MSS 60, Series XI
Scope and Contents:

"Presented by the Blackfriars Settlement ... at the Institute of Contemporary Arts ... 27 April to 12 May 1962 … Louis le Brocquey, Anne Buchanan, John Ernest, Andrew Forge, John McHale, Sidney Nolan, John Plumb, William Scott, Peter Stroud, Joe Tilson, and William Turnbull." With text describing the Blackfriars Settlement.

Dates: 1962
Found in: Yale Center for British Art, Rare Books and Manuscripts > John McHale archive > Catalogs, periodicals, ephemera, and small posters

Paintings, Drawings, Sculptures by Jean Dubuffet, 1955

 Item — Box 6: Series 7; Series 9; Series 10, Item: 25
Call Number: MSS 60, Series X
Scope and Contents:

At the Institute of Contemporary Arts Gallery, 17-18 Dover Street, London W1, 30 March - 30 April.

Dates: 1955
Found in: Yale Center for British Art, Rare Books and Manuscripts > John McHale archive > Posters

The Independent Group, schedule of seminars for Spring 1955 session, 1955

 Item — Box 7: Series 11, Folder: 33
Call Number: MSS 60, Series XI
Scope and Contents:

Seminar speakers include: Lawrence Alloway, Reyner Banham, Frank Cordell, Gillo Dorfles, Richard Hamilton, Anthony Hill, Donald Holmes, John McHale, E.W. Meyer, Eduardo Paolozzi, Tony del Renzio, and Peter Smithson.

Dates: 1955
Found in: Yale Center for British Art, Rare Books and Manuscripts > John McHale archive > Catalogs, periodicals, ephemera, and small posters

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Lady Clare magazine 1
McHale, John. Aluminum head. 1
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