Russell Westwood, Gallery IX with works awaiting selection for the Summer Exhibition, 1953., March 1953.
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Russell Westwood (1911 - 1982)
RA Collection: Art
Works of art stacked in Gallery IX, prior to selection for the Summer Exhibition, 1953. Over 10,000 works were submitted in March that year, from which 2,400 are initially selected, though only 1350 are eventually hung.