GEORGE KEYT - A CENTENNIAL ANTHOLOGY
Colombo: George Keyt Foundation, April 2001
Pp xiv, 184
Size: 12 x 11.5 inches
Writings on and by Keyt, Portfolio of paintings [pp. 57-110], memorabilia, bio-biliography [1923-1988], murals, essay byhis daughter Diana Keyt, obituaries etc.
The book is bound in Bangladeshi jute with Keyt's signatures blown up and printed on cover in black and with a fine dustjacket.
Has a very large number of Keyt's paintings and photographs
Condition: Very Good. Presentation inscription on title-page by chairman of the George Keyt Foundation and his wife.
GEORGE KEYT DRAWINGS
Edited, with an Introduction and a Descriptive Catalogue, by H. A. I. Goonetileke
Colombo: George Keyt Foundation, 1990
LIMITED EDITION of 1000 copies
pp. 91 with 236 illustrations
size: 12 x 8.5 inches
Bound in white handwoven cloth with a Keyt sketch printed in maroon on cover and with a fine dustjacket
Condition: Very Good
Unnumbered copy of a limited edition of 1000
GEORGE KEYT INTERPRETATIONS
By Sunil Goonasekera
Kandy, Sri Lanka: Institute of Fundamental Studies, 1991
LIMITED EDITION of 1000 copies
pp. 160 with numerous colour and b&w plates
size: 11 x 9 inches
Green cloth binding with fine dustjacket
Condition: Very Good
A 90th birthday tribute to Keyt covering his career up to 1970s
Orientations, July 1976 issue published from Hong Kong
Has an 12-page essay titled GEORGE KEYT - BREAKING WITH TRADITION by Ellen Dissanayake with 16 illustrations and a portrait of Keyt.
Arts of Asia, January-February 1973 issue published from Hong Kong
Has an 8-page essay titled GEORGE KEYT - THE INDIAN ETHOS IN A CEYLONESE STUDIO by H.A. I. Goonetileke with 12 illustrations including 2 photographs of Keyt and the rest his paintings. The cover also carries a painting by Keyt.
GEORGE KEYT
14-page essay on the great Ceylonese artist with 8 full-page colour illustrations ofhis paintings
In the book "In Den Garten Ravanas - Sri Lanka-Insel im Ozean" by Willi Meinck
Published in Leipzig in 1986
Text in German
Size 9 x 8 inches
TWO PAINTERS FROM CEYLON by C. F. Winzer
2-page essay with 1 full-page plate by George Keyt in complete copy of London magazine Studio for January 1931. First appearance of Keyt in a European journal. The other artist discussed is Geoffrey Beling.
This lot will be sold in "as is" condition.
There may be some minor tears/creases scratches, or holes commensurate with age that may not be visible in the images.
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