Description:
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REG
BUTLER
(BRITISH
1913-1981)







TOWER







Signed
and
dated
'68
in
pencil
to
margin,
numbered
15/65,
lithograph







65cm
x
50cm
(25.5in
x
19.75in)



















































Notes:
Note:






Butler
studied
architecture
and
later
became
an
Associate
of
the
Royal
Institute
of
British
Architects.
In
1948
he
was
briefly
an
assistant
to
Henry
Moore
and
later
that
year
began
to
make
his
own
sculpture.
In
1949
Butler
held
the
first
of
five
solo
exhibitions
at
the
Hanover
Gallery,
London.
He
first
showed
at
the
Venice
Biennale
in
1952
and
the
following
year
won
the
prestigious
''Unknown
Political
Prisoner''
competition
to
design
a
monument
for
Berlin.
His
work
is
found
in
most
major
public
collections
worldwide
and
the
Tate
held
a
memorial
exhibition
of
his
work
three
years
after
his
death.