This is a rare expo catalog/brochure from December 1971.

An exhibition of screenprints by Peter Blake and Graham Ovenden based on the theme of Lewis Caroll's 'ALICE'.

The Arwin Galleries, Detroit
Peter M. David Gallery, Minneapolis
Sears Vincent Price Gallery, Chicago
Waddington Galleries, Montreal

SIZE: 11 1/2" x 8 1/2" opened.

During the late 1950s, Peter Blake became one of the best known British pop artists. His paintings from this time included imagery from advertisements, music hall entertainment, and wrestlers, often including collaged elements. Blake was included in group exhibitions at the Institute of Contemporary Arts and had his first solo exhibition in 1960. In the 'Young Contemporaries' exhibition of 1961 in which he exhibited alongside David Hockney and R.B. Kitaj, he was first identified with the emerging British Pop Art movement. Blake won the (1961) John Moores junior award for Self Portrait with Badges. He came to wider public attention when, along with Pauline Boty, Derek Boshier and Peter Phillips, he featured in Ken Russell's Monitor film on pop art, Pop Goes the Easel, broadcast on BBC television in 1962. From 1963 Blake was represented by Robert Fraser placing him at the centre of swinging London and brought him into contact with leading figures of popular culture.

Ovenden is an artist, photographer, photo historian and collector of Victorian photography. He was a founder of the Brotherhood of Ruralists in 1975, along with Graham Arnold, Ann Arnold, Sir Peter Blake, David Inshaw, Annie Ovenden and Jann Haworth. The Brotherhood is no longer extant, although in 2005 it had a major London exhibition at the Leicester Galleries. They were given the name "Brotherhood of Ruralists" by the writer Laurie Lee.

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Excellent condition except for the upper right portion which has a crunch in the paper (likely where it was held). There's some writing as can be seen in the photo. Printed on thick paper.