Twentieth Century Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture, 23rd June 1966

Artists: Kenneth Armitage, Francis Bacon, Alexander Calder, Jean Dubuffet, Marcel Duchamp, Max Ernst, Arshile Gorky, Barbara Hepworth, Howard Hodgkin, David Hockney, Rene Magritte, Henry Moore, Ben Nicholson, Pablo Picasso, Graham Sutherland, Mark Tobey et al. 
Authors: Herbert Read (Introduction)  
Publisher: Sotheby's 
Date: 23rd June 1966 
Condition: A little faded and with some wear to the front cover, this is generally a clean and unmarked copy of this catalogue.  Also includes a loose folded Addenda sheet with four additional lots for the auction.

A rather starry event here, an auction of works presented to the ICA for sale on behalf of the Carlton House project, making a new HQ for the Institute and where it still remains almost six decades later.

The donations were very wide-ranging but included works from artists, galleries, collectors, critics and others, British and international. By the standards of the time, the catalogue is quite lavish, with most works getting a page to themselves and a photo, some even in colour! 

Taking place just a few weeks after the publication of the famous issue of Time magazine which enshrined the 'Swinging London' idea, this catalogue is quite a snapshot of its time in the London art world.