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Collage, magic scissors & Smartoons / Smartiples

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Martin Sharp Archive Contents Collage Silver Scissors exhibition 1970 Art Book 1972 References ------------------------ 1. Collage Martin Sharp learnt the art of collage from his mother, and he pursued and developed it throughout his life. It was a significant element of his art. There were two public manifestations of his love of collage in the form a London exhibition held in 1970 and, arising out of that, a small illustrated book issued in 1972. The following deals with those two events, though the topic of collage in Sharp's work is a much bigger topic than that presented here. ----------------------- 2. Silver Scissors exhibition 1970 An 4 page invitation to the opening of the Smart Martin and His Silver Scissors exhibition on Friday, 6 March 1970 at the Sigi Krauss Gallery, 29 Neal Street, Covent Garden, London, was printed in an edition of 1000 signed and numbered copies. The illustration below is of copy 25/1000, signed SM rather that the