Jo Spence
The Right to Work, 1979
Vintage Gelatin Silver Print
20.32 x 25.4 cms
8 x 10 ins
Series: 5. Photo Therapy Collaborations (1984-90)
10391
Provenance
Jo Spence Memorial ArchiveRichard Saltoun Gallery, London
Exhibitions
A Different Mirror. Photographs from the Hyman Collection at Photo Oxford 2021: Women & Photography - Ways of seeing and being seen, 2021 (This print)Jo Spence : from Fairy Tales to Phototherapy. Photographs from the Hyman Collection, Arnolfini Bristol, (18th May 2020 - 20th June 2021) (this print)
'The 80s: Photographing Britain' at Tate Britain: 21 November 2024 - 5 May 2025
'Writing Her Own Script' at Photo London, Somerset House (11-14 May 2023)
Only known print. Jo Spence. Collaboration with Terry Dennett Stamped on the reverse This work can be seen as variant on a theme shared with the more familiar 'The Highest...
Only known print.
Jo Spence. Collaboration with Terry Dennett
Stamped on the reverse
This work can be seen as variant on a theme shared with the more familiar "The Highest Product of Capitalism" that is also in the Hyman Collection. Again Spence appears holding a sign, this time declaring "The Right to Work". The sign not only references John Heartfield but also, at a time of high unemployment, the Right to Work campaign of the newly formed Socialist Workers Party.
British Photography / The Hyman Collection
Jo Spence. Collaboration with Terry Dennett
Stamped on the reverse
This work can be seen as variant on a theme shared with the more familiar "The Highest Product of Capitalism" that is also in the Hyman Collection. Again Spence appears holding a sign, this time declaring "The Right to Work". The sign not only references John Heartfield but also, at a time of high unemployment, the Right to Work campaign of the newly formed Socialist Workers Party.
British Photography / The Hyman Collection
