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Georgiana Houghton : spirit drawings / Simon Grant, Lars Bang Larsen and Marco Pasi ; edited by Ernst Vegelin van Claerbergen and Barnaby Wright.

Title
Georgiana Houghton : spirit drawings / Simon Grant, Lars Bang Larsen and Marco Pasi ; edited by Ernst Vegelin van Claerbergen and Barnaby Wright.
Author
Houghton, Georgiana, 1814-1884
Publication
London : The Courtauld Gallery, 2016.

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Additional Authors
  • Grant, Simon, 1967-
  • Larsen, Lars Bang, 1972-
  • Pasi, Marco
  • Claerbergen, Ernst Vegelin van
  • Wright, Barnaby
  • Courtauld Institute Galleries
Description
83 pages : color illustrations; 21 cm x 21 cm
Summary
Georgiana Houghton was a spiritualist medium who, in the 1860s and 1870s, produced a remarkable series of largely abstract watercolours. Detailed explanations on the back of the works declare that her hand was guided by various spirits, including several Renaissance artists and higher angelic beings. In 1871 Houghton rented a gallery in Old Bond Street and presented her 'spirit drawings' to a startled London audience. One critic pronounced it to be "the most astonishing exhibition in London at the present moment". The visual power of the works and their pioneering use of abstract forms make them remarkable products of Victorian culture and fascinating precursors to later concerns of modern art. However, they are almost completely unknown today. This publication, which accompanies an exhibition at The Courtauld Gallery, is the first devoted to Houghton's spirit drawings and brings them to light after 150 years in obscurity--Back cover.
Subject
  • Houghton, Georgiana, 1814-1884 > Criticism and interpretation
  • Houghton, Georgiana, 1814-1884 > Exhibitions
  • Houghton, Georgiana, 1814-1884
  • Spiritualism in art
Genre/Form
Exhibition catalogs
Note
  • Catalog of an exhibition held at the Courtauld Gallery, June 16-September 11, 2016. Organised in collaboration with Monash University Museum of Art.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Director's foreword -- "Works of art without parallel in the world" : Georgiana Houghton's Spirit Drawings / Simon Grant and Marco Pasi -- Spectres of art / Lars Bang Larsen and Marco Pasi -- CATALOGUE -- Catalogue introduction / Ernst Vegelin van Claebergen and Barnaby Wright -- List of works.
ISBN
  • 9781911300021
  • 1911300024
LCCN
^^2016417954
OCLC
  • 949871018
  • SCSB-10084914
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library