The magazines, books, press articles and reviews listed below contain interviews with, articles about and photos of Pauline Boty and her work.
Magazines
ARK 24
Autumn 1959. Photographed in advert for The London Press Exchange
ARK 28
Autumn 1961. Advert for George Rowney & Co. Photographed standing in front of three of her portraits, whereabouts now unknown
ARK 33
Autumn 1962. “It’s Magic” article. Photographed by Geoff Reeve
SCENE
November 1962. Front cover article by Derek Marlowe with photo by Michael Seymour
“Actresses often have tiny brains. Painters often have large beards. Imagine a brainy actress who is also a painter and you have Pauline Boty.”
VOGUE
January 1963. “2 POP People”. Photographed with “Doll in a Painted Box”, by Vogue staff photographer Peter Laurie
LIFE
25 January 1963. “The Growing Cult of Marilyn” includes a short write-up on Boty “a British painter who acts as a hobby” and half page reproduction of “The Only Blonde In The World”
MEN ONLY
March 1963. “Pauline Goes POP”. Photographed by John Aston
MEN ONLY
April 1964. “The two worlds of Pauline Boty”. Photographed by Michael Ward
VOGUE
September 1964. “Living Doll” interview with Nell Dunn. Photographed by David Bailey
MEN ONLY
November 1964. Cover image with early version of With Love to Jean-Paul Belmondo. Photographed by Michael Ward
TIT BITS
1965. “Pauline has a contract to thrill”. Photographed by Michael Ward
Books
TALKING TO WOMEN
1965, Nell Dunn. MacGibbon & Kee. Reprinted by Silver Press in 2018 [link]
GOODBYE BABY & AMEN
1969, David Bailey and Peter Evans. Condé Nast Publications, London and Coward-McCann, New York
Press articles and reviews
“PAULINE GOSPEL”
Architects Journal, 22 January, 1959
Report of Anti-Ugly Action demonstration
“OF ALL THINGS SHE IS SECRETARY OF THE ANTI UGLIES!”
Daily Express, March 16, 1959
William Hickey on Boty and the Anti-Ugly Action
“BOTY, BLAKE, PORTER, REEVE”
The Arts Review, December 16–30, 1961
“AT THE GALLERIES: SCHOOL OF SATIRE”
The Observer, December 17, 1961
“MORE IRREVERENCE THAN WIT”
The Times, December 21, 1961
“FIRST SHOW”
Evening Standard, December 23, 1961
Reviews of “Blake, Boty, Porter, Reeve” exhibition at the AIA Gallery
“MONITOR: POP ART – WHIMSICAL AND IMPUDENT”
Radio Times, March 22, 1962
Preview of “Pop Goes the Easel”
“A NEW STAR MAY BE BORN”
Unknown paper, July 1962
Preview of “North City Traffic Straight Ahead”
“BRILLIANT GLIMPSE OF A P OTENTIAL PLAY”
The Times, May 15, 1963
Review of “Day of the Prince”
“PAULINE, THE THREE CAREER GIRL”
Evening Standard, August 2, 1963
Interview with Boty about her forthcoming appearance in “Afternoon Men” at the News Arts Theatre and solo show at the Grabowski Gallery with photo by Michael Ward
“MISS PAULINE BOTY’S NEW PAINTINGS”
The Times, September 21, 1963
Review of solo exhibition at the Grabowski Gallery
“CONTRACT TO THRILL” PREVIEW
Radio Times, April 29, 1965
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