The Joe Orton Collection 1950s-2012

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The Joe Orton Collection 1950s-2012

Six boxes plus 1m of volumes

eng,

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SNAC Resource ID: 6280450

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Halliwell, Kenneth

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Joe Orton and Kenneth Halliwell

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In 1962 aspiring writer Joe Orton (1933-67) and his partner and mentor Kenneth Halliwell (1926-67) were each sentenced to six months imprisonment for theft and malicious damage to Islington Public Library books. They were found guilty of theft of library books and defacing the library book covers by adding alternative images from other sources or inserting new text and narrative. In the process Orton and Halliwell produced guerrilla artwork, motivated by what they believ...

Halliwell, Kenneth

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Orton, Joe

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Orton, Joe

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