Gordon Walters Website Launched

Gordon Walters, Untitled, 1978, P.V.A. and acrylic on canvas, 1500 x 1200mm. Image Courtesy of Starkwhite and the Walters Estate. 

The Walters Estate and Starkwhite are delighted to announce the launch of a Gordon Walters website. 

The site is an ongoing project to record the works of Gordon Walters dating from the 1940s to the 1990s. It also features a bibliography and list of selected exhibitions dating back to 1941, along with recent exhibitions, published writing and news.

A link to the website can be found here. 

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