Chris Beetles

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Drugs and the Mind [II]

Eric Fraser (1902-1983)

Price

£1,450

Signed

Signed

Medium

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.

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