Sir Norman Reid, director
Carl Andre’s "pile of bricks"—
Tate Gallery acquisition controversy - 1976
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Art Design Publicity magazine
John A. Walker - 02 Jan 99
...Sir Norman Reid, director of the Tate Gallery— a somewhat belated purchase— of one of Andre’s 1960s’ works from the John Weber Gallery, New York, for an undeclared sum (rumoured to be between £4000 and £6000). The sculpture in question was called Equivalent VIII (1966) (the opaque title Untitled was...






