Watercolour with pen ink and bodycolour on paper laid on board
Dimensions
9 ¾ x 7 ¾ inches
Provenance
The Artist's Family
Illustrated
Robert S De Ropp, Drugs and the Mind, London: The Scientific Book Club, 1957, Dust Jacket
Literature
Alec Davis, The Graphic Works of Eric Fraser, Uffculme: the Uffculme Press, 1985 (2nd Edition), Page 63
Exhibited
'Eric Fraser 1902-1983', Chris Beetles Gallery, April-May 2013, No 89; 'A Book by its Cover', Nunnington Hall, February-March 2017, No 32; 'A Century of British Art: 1945-2010', Chris Beetles Gallery, 5 October-6 November 2021, No 277
While working at the Lederle Laboratories (near Pearl River, New York), the biochemist, Robert S de Ropp (1913-1987) wrote Drugs and the Mind (1957) on the subject of psychoactive substances.