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Donald Gillies - Dennis Burton collection
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Causeway 1/4

File contains a copy of the periodical Causeway, vol. 1 no. 1, annotated with the year of publication by Dennis Burton and containing two inserted news clippings about Myer Signer's protest against censorship.

Collages

File contains two collages by Dennis Burton, titled "Masturbation” and “Concept Art About Conception. This is Not an Illustration,” both 1973.

[Dennis Burton to Don Gillies]

File contains correspondence from Dennis Burton to Don Gillies, including a hand-written and collaged treatise on art, photography and technology, 1971, and a photocopy of Burton's proposal for policy at the Ontario College of Art, 1971, when he was Chairman of Fine Arts.

Donald Gillies - Dennis Burton collection

  • LA.SC175
  • Collection
  • 1960-2003

Collection consists of correspondence received by Gillies from Burton over the course of their friendship, including a few informal treatises written by Burton on various aspects of the visual arts. It includes two collage works by Burton.

Gillies, Donald J.

[Teaching notes and related documents]

File contains two documents annotated by Dennis Burton, "The Scientific Revolution" by Herbert Butterfield (reprinted from Scientific American, September 1960); and technical literature about screen material sent to Burton by the Eastman Kodak company, 1961. File also contains a typewritten copy of "Dennis Burton's Notes on Modern Art".