All of Pauline Boty’s works listed below are in private collections unless otherwise stated and where available the link to a work held by a museum or gallery is shown. Items that are presumed lost or whereabouts unknown are listed as [Unknown] with a note of their original location where possible. Where pieces have come up for auction links are included where available. The listings are in the following order:
NAME OF WORK
Date, Medium, Dimensions [Height followed by Width]
Date exhibited: Name of exhibition, Location
You can vote for your favourite painting out of Pauline Boty’s major works in the POLL here: [link]
UNTITLED [STILL LIFE WITH CHAIR, BLACK JUG AND DRAPERY]
c. 1955, watercolour and pastels on paper, 35.5 x 30 cm
UNTITLED [PORTRAIT OF JOHN]
c. 1955, oil sketch on oil paper, 38.5 x 25.8 cm
UNTITLED [HEAD OF CHERUB ON RED BACKGROUND]
c. 1955, oil on unprimed canvas, 14 x 14.5 cm
UNTITLED [SELF PORTRAIT]
c. 1955, oil on Reeves oil sketching paper, 56 x 38 cm
1998: Pauline Boty, Mayor + Whitford, London
2013: Pauline Boty: Pop Artist and Woman, Wolverhampton
2023: Pauline Boty: A Portrait, Gazelli Art House, London
UNTITLED [STILL LIFE WITH FLOWERS IN VASE]
c.1956, oil on wooden board, 36.8 x 37 cm
UNTITLED [GOLDEN NUDE]
c. 1957/8, oil on paper, 59.3 x 44.2 cm [link]
UNTITLED [NUDE IN INTERIOR]
c. 1957, oil on hardboard, 50.2 x 60 cm
1957: Young Contemporaries, RBA Galleries, London
2013: Pauline Boty: Pop Artist and Woman, Wolverhampton
2013: Pauline Boty: Pop Artist and Woman, Pallant House Gallery, Chichester
2014: Pauline Boty and Pop art, Muzeum Sztuki, Łódź, Poland
UNTITLED [GIRL IN BATH]
c. 1957, watercolour on paper, 37 x 51.5 cm
1957: Young Contemporaries, RBA Galleries, London
2013: Pauline Boty: Pop Artist and Woman, Wolverhampton
2013: Pauline Boty: Pop Artist and Woman, Pallant House Gallery, Chichester
2014: Pauline Boty and Pop art, Muzeum Sztuki, Łódź, Poland
UNTITLED [GIRL ON THE BEACH]
c. 1958/9, watercolour on paper, 48.5 x 38.5 cm
2013: Pauline Boty: Pop Artist and Woman, Wolverhampton
2013: Pauline Boty: Pop Artist and Woman, Pallant House Gallery, Chichester
2014: Pauline Boty and Pop art, Muzeum Sztuki, Łódź, Poland
2023: Pauline Boty: A Portrait, Gazelli Art House, London
UNTITLED [LANDSCAPE WITH LACE]
c. 1958/59, lace, watercolour, bronze gilt paint on paper, 21 x 51.5 cm
2013: Pauline Boty: Pop Artist and Woman, Wolverhampton
2013: Pauline Boty: Pop Artist and Woman, Pallant House Gallery, Chichester
2014: Pauline Boty and Pop art, Muzeum Sztuki, Łódź, Poland
2023: Pauline Boty: A Portrait, Gazelli Art House, London
UNTITLED [STILL LIFE WITH PAINT BRUSHES]
c. 1958/61, pencil, gouache and metallic paint, 52.7 x 40.5 cm [link]
1993: Pauline Boty, Mayor Gallery, London
1998: Pauline Boty, Mayor + Whitford, London
2013: Pauline Boty: Pop Artist and Woman, Wolverhampton
2013: Pauline Boty: Pop Artist and Woman, Pallant House Gallery, Chichester
2014: Pauline Boty and Pop art, Muzeum Sztuki, Łódź, Poland
UNTITLED [NUDE ON THE BEACH]
c. 1958/9, watercolour on paper, 49.5 x 39.5 cm [link]
UNTITLED [NUDE WOMAN IN COASTAL LANDSCAPE]
c. 1958, gouache on paper (scribbled over with paint), 40 x 50 cm
2009: Pauline Boty and other Modern British Artists, Mayor Gallery, London
GOLDEN NUDE
1959, Oil on card laid on canvas, 69 x 51 cm
WILLIAM’S EVENING OUT
1959, oil. [Unknown]
1959: Young Contemporaries, RBA Galleries, London
CHRISTMAS CARD [FOR JANE PERCIVAL]
c. 1960, oil on canvas laid on card, 17.2 cm x 19.3 [link]
ICARUS
c. 1960, gouache on paper, mounted on board, 38.4 x 25.6 cm
UNTITLED [SELF-PORTRAIT WITH DOLL]
c. 1960, gouache on paper, 73 x 53 cm
2009: Pauline Boty and other Modern British Artists, Mayor Gallery, London
UNTITLED [AFTER DELAUNEY]
c. 1960, gouache on paper, 40 x 50 cm
2009: Pauline Boty and other Modern British Artists, Mayor Gallery, London
2013: Pauline Boty: Pop Artist and Woman, Wolverhampton
2014: Pauline Boty and Pop art, Muzeum Sztuki, Łódź, Poland
UNTITLED [SELF-PORTRAIT]
1961, gouache and watercolour on card, 50.5 x 41 cm
UNTITLED [HEAD OF A GIRL]
c. 1961, gouache on paper, 50.2 x 40.7 cm [link]
UNTITLED [RED, YELLOW, BLUE ABSTRACT]
c. 1961, oil on board, 126 x 97 cm
1998: Pauline Boty, Mayor + Whitford, London
2024: Gazelli Art House, Frieze Masters, London
GERSHWIN
1961, oil on board, 127 x 97 cm
1961: Blake, Boty, Porter, Reeve, AIA Gallery, London
1962: New Art, Festival of Labour, Congress House, London
1998: Pauline Boty, Mayor + Whitford, London”
UNTITLED [LANDSCAPE WITH RAINBOW]
c. 1961, oil on board, 96 x 126 cm [link]
1998: Pauline Boty, Mayor + Whitford, London
2023: Pauline Boty: A Portrait, Gazelli Art House, London
ANGEL [CHRISTMAS CARD TO CELIA BIRTWELL]
c. 1961, paint on linen, 18 x 14 cm
2022: Oh, Marilyn! Gazelli Art House, London
PORTRAIT OF DEREK MARLOWE WITH UNKNOWN LADIES
c.1962, oil on canvas, 142 x 148 cm [link]
1963: Pauline Boty, Grabowski Gallery, London
1965: Spring Exhibition, Bradford City Art Gallery, Cartwright Memorial Hall
1998: Pauline Boty, Mayor + Whitford, London
2013: Pauline Boty: Pop Artist and Woman, Wolverhampton
2013: Pauline Boty: Pop Artist and Woman, Pallant House Gallery, Chichester
2019: “60 Years” walk-through exhibition, Tate Britain, London
2023: Capturing the Moment, Tate Modern, London
RED MANOEUVRE
1962, oil on board, 126 x 96 cm
1962: New Approaches to the Figure, Arthur Jeffress Gallery, London
1998: Pauline Boty, Mayor + Whitford, London
2013: Pauline Boty: Pop Artist and Woman, Wolverhampton
2013: Pauline Boty: Pop Artist and Woman, Pallant House Gallery, Chichester
WITH LOVE TO JEAN-PAUL BELMONDO
1962, oil on canvas, 152 x 122 cm [link]
1963: Pop Art, Midland Group Gallery, Nottingham
1963: Pauline Boty, Grabowski Gallery, London
1964: Spring Exhibition, Bradford
1998: Pauline Boty: Mayor + Whitford, London
1999: Corps Sociale (Social Bodies), Ecole Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris
2010: Seductive Subversion: Women Pop Artists 1958-68, University of the Arts Philadelphia, then touring to various USA galleries
2023: Pauline Boty: A Portrait, Gazelli Art House, London
2025: Iconic: Portraiture from Francis Bacon to Andy Warhol, Holburne Museum, Bath
EPITAPH TO SOMETHING’S GOTTA GIVE
1962, oil on hardboard, 106.5 x 127 cm [link]
1962: New Approaches to the Figure, Arthur Jeffress Gallery, London
2013: Pauline Boty: Pop Artist and Woman, Wolverhampton
2013: Pauline Boty: Pop Artist and Woman, Pallant House Gallery, Chichester
UNTITLED [PAINTING]
c. 1962. [Unknown]. Referenced in photo of Boty hanging the work at Congress House, headquarters of the TUC, on 13th June 1962 [link]
1962: New Art, Festival of Labour, Congress House, London
MARILYN WITH BEADS
c. 1962, oil on canvas. Referenced in photos of Boty with the work by John Aston [link]. Dr Sue Tate’s longstanding suspicion that it had been overpainted to become “Colour Her Gone” confirmed with a reflectogram report in January 2024. Further information available here: [link]
COLOUR HER GONE
1962, oil on hardboard, 121.9 x 121.9 cm. On view at Wolverhampton Art Gallery [link]
1963: Pop Art, Midland Group Gallery, Nottingham
1963: Pauline Boty, Grabowski Gallery, London
2013: Pauline Boty: Pop Artist and Woman, Wolverhampton
2014: Pauline Boty and Pop art, Muzeum Sztuki, Łódź, Poland
2014: Mitros del Pop (Pop Myths), Museo Thyssen-Bormemisza, Madrid
2015: Pop Impact: Women Artists, Maison de la Culture, Namur, Belgium
2016: This Was Tomorrow: Pop Art In Great Britain, KunstMuseum, Wolfsburg, Germany
2017: Painting Pop – Paintings from 1960s Britain, Abbot Hall Art Gallery, Kendal
2021: Amazons of Pop! Kunsthalle zu Kiel, Kiel, Germany
2023: Pauline Boty: A Portrait, Gazelli Art House, London
CELIA WITH SOME OF HER HEROES
1963, oil on canvas, 152 x 122 cm. On view at Museu Coleção Berardo, Lisbon, Portugal [link]
1963: Pauline Boty, Grabowski Gallery, London
1995: Post War to Pop, Whitford Fine Art, London
1997: The Pop ’60s: Transatlantic Crossing, Centro Cultural de Belém, Lisbon, Portugal 2008 EuroPop, Kunsthaus, Zurich
2013: When Britain Went Pop, Christie’s, London
MY HEROES
1963, unknown media, 122 x 152 cm. [Unknown]
1963: Pauline Boty, Grabowski Gallery, London
BIG JIM COLOSIMO
c. 1963, oil on canvas, 79 x 63 cm
1998: Pauline Boty, Mayor + Whitford, London
1999: Euro Pop, Arken Museum of Modern Art, Ishoj, Denmark
2010: Seductive Subversion: Women Pop Artists 1958-68, University of the Arts Philadelphia, then touring to various USA galleries
2023: Pauline Boty: A Portrait, Gazelli Art House, London
2024: Gazelli Art House, Frieze Masters, London
MY COLOURING BOOK
1963, oil on canvas, 121.9 x 152.4 cm. On view at Muzeum Sztuki in Łódź, Poland
1963: Pauline Boty, Grabowski Gallery, London
1975: Travelling exhibition of works from the Grabowski collection from Museum Sztuki w Łódź, Poland
1980: Realizm Spoleczny Pop-Artu, Galeria Triada, Tranobrzeg, Poland
1981: Realizm Spoleczny Pop-Artu, Muzeum Sztuki, Łódź, Poland
1982: Miedzy Hiperrealizmem a Pop Artem, Muzeum Regionalne, Radomsko, Poland
1982: Pop-Art, Galeria ‘Pro’, Koszalin, Poland
2006: British Pop, Fine Art Museum, Bilbao
2008: EuroPop, Kunsthaus, Zurich
2009: Awkward Objects, Museum of Modern Art, Warsaw
2013: Pauline Boty: Pop Artist and Woman, Wolverhampton
2013: Pauline Boty: Pop Artist and Woman, Pallant House Gallery, Chichester
2014: Pauline Boty and Pop art, Muzeum Sztuki, Łódź, Poland
MONICA VITTI WITH HEART
1963, oil on canvas, 80 x 65 cm
1963: Pauline Boty, Grabowski Gallery, London
1998: Pauline Boty, Mayor + Whitford, London
2001: Pop Art US/UK Connections 1956–66, The Menil Collection, Houston, USA
2006: British Pop, Fine Art Museum, Bilbao
2009: Pauline Boty and other Modern British Artists, Mayor Gallery, London
2013: Pauline Boty: Pop Artist and Woman, Wolverhampton
2023: Pauline Boty: A Portrait, Gazelli Art House, London
CUBA SI
1963, oil on canvas and collage, 96 x 125 cm
1963: Pauline Boty, Grabowski Gallery, London
1965: Contemporary Art, Grabowski Gallery, London
1993: The Sixties Art Scene in London, Barbican Art Gallery, London
1998: Pauline Boty, Mayor + Whitford, London
2013: Pauline Boty: Pop Artist and Woman, Wolverhampton
2013: Pauline Boty: Pop Artist and Woman, Pallant House Gallery, Chichester
2014: Pauline Boty and Pop art, Muzeum Sztuki, Łódź, Poland
2016: This Was Tomorrow: Pop Art In Great Britain, KunstMuseum, Wolfsburg, Germany
2022: Marlborough, Frieze Masters, London
2023: Pauline Boty: A Portrait, Gazelli Art House, London
5-4-3-2-1
1963, oil on canvas, 125 x 100 cm
1963: Pauline Boty, Grabowski Gallery, London
1998: Pauline Boty, Mayor + Whitford, London
2000: From The Bomb To The Beatles, Imperial War Museum, London
2013: Pauline Boty: Pop Artist and Woman, Wolverhampton
2013: Pauline Boty: Pop Artist and Woman, Pallant House Gallery, Chichester
2014: Pauline Boty and Pop art, Muzeum Sztuki, Łódź, Poland
THE ONLY BLONDE IN THE WORLD
1963, oil on canvas, 122.4 x 153 cm. On view at Tate Britain [link]
1963: Pop Art, Midland Group Gallery, Nottingham
1963: Pauline Boty, Grabowski Gallery, London
1993: The Sixties Art Scene in London, Barbican Art Gallery, London, UK
1998: Pauline Boty, Mayor + Whitford, London
2003: Pin Up Glamour and Celebrity Since the Sixties, Tate Liverpool
2004: Art in the Sixties: This was Tomorrow, Tate Britain, London
2013: Pauline Boty: Pop Artist and Woman, Wolverhampton
2014: Pauline Boty and Pop art, Muzeum Sztuki, Łódź, Poland
TOM’S DREAM
1963, oil on canvas, 188 x 156 cm
1963: Pauline Boty, Grabowski Gallery, London
1965: Contemporary Art, Grabowski Gallery, London
1998: Pauline Boty, Mayor + Whitford, London”
UNTITLED “SUNFLOWER WOMAN”
c. 1963, oil on canvas, 95 x 78 cm
1998: Pauline Boty, Mayor + Whitford, London
2024: Gazelli Art House, Frieze Masters, London
SCANDAL ’63
c. 1963, oil on canvas. [Unknown]. Referenced in photos of Boty with the work by Michael Ward [link] and Lewis Morley [link]
1964: Workshop de la Libre Expression, Centre Américain des Artistes, Paris
JULY 26
c. 1963, oil on canvas. [Unknown]. Referenced in photos of Boty with the work by Michael Ward [link] and on the wall of Black Dwarf newspaper in the 1968 BBC documentary “The New Radicals”
1963: Pauline Boty, Grabowski Gallery, London
COUNT DOWN TO VIOLENCE
1964, oil on canvas, 98 x 83 cm
1998: Pauline Boty, Mayor + Whitford, London
2008: Post-War to Pop, Whitford Fine Art, London
2010: Seductive Subversion: Women Pop Artists 1958-68, University of the Arts Philadelphia, then touring to various USA galleries
2013: Pauline Boty: Pop Artist and Woman, Wolverhampton
2013: Pauline Boty: Pop Artist and Woman, Pallant House Gallery, Chichester
2014: Witness: Art, Activism and Civil Rights in the Sixties, Brooklyn Museum, New York
IT’S A MAN’S WORLD I
1964, oil on canvas with collage, 153 x 122 cm
1993: The Sixties Art Scene in London, Barbican Art Gallery, London
1996: Les Sixties: Great Britain and France 1962–1973, Musée d’Histoire Contemporaine, Paris, France
1997: Les Sixties: Great Britain and France 1962–1973, Brighton Museum and Art Gallery
1996: Les Sixties: Great Britain and France 1962–1973, Musée d’Histoire Contemporaine, Paris, France
1997: Les Sixties: Great Britain and France 1962–1973, Brighton Museum and Art Gallery, UK
1998: Pauline Boty, Mayor + Whitford, London
2008: Post-War to Pop, Whitford Fine Art, London
2013: When Britain Went Pop, Christie’s, London
2018: How Evil is Pop Art? New European Realism 1959-1966, Collezione Giancarlo e Danna Olgiati, Lugano
IT’S A MAN’S WORLD II
1964/5, oil on canvas, 125 x 125 cm
1966: Spring Exhibition, Cartwright Memorial Hall, Bradford
1993: The Sixties Art Scene in London, Barbican Art Gallery, London
1997: Les Sixties: Great Britain and France, 1962–1973, Brighton Museum and Art Gallery
1998: Pauline Boty, Mayor + Whitford, London
2008: Post-War to Pop, Whitford Fine Art, London
2013: Pauline Boty: Pop Artist and Woman, Wolverhampton
2013: Pauline Boty: Pop Artist and Woman, Pallant House Gallery, Chichester
2014: Pauline Boty and Pop art, Muzeum Sztuki, Łódź, Poland
2014: Mitros del Pop (Pop Myths), Museo Thyssen-Bormemisza, Madrid
2016: Pop Art Heroes, Whitford Fine Art, London
CLAUDIA CARDINALE
c. 1965, oil on canvas
2023: Pauline Boty: A Portrait, Gazelli Art House, London
STUDY FOR BUM
1965/66, watercolour and ink on paper. 50 x 40.6 cm [link]
2019: Silver Lining, Gazelli Art House, London
BUM
1966, oil on canvas, 76.2 x 45.7 cm [link]
1998: Pauline Boty, Mayor + Whitford, London
2013: Pauline Boty: Pop Artist and Woman, Wolverhampton
2013: Pauline Boty: Pop Artist and Woman, Pallant House Gallery, Chichester
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With thanks to Sue Tate for help in compiling this information
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