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Pauline Boty

1938–1966

Portrait of Derek Marlowe with Unknown Ladies 1962–3
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Modern and Contemporary British Art

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Pauline Boty (6 March 1938 – 1 July 1966) was a British painter and co-founder of the 1960s' British Pop art movement of which she was the only acknowledged female member. Boty's paintings and collages often demonstrate a joy in self-assured femininity and female sexuality, as well as criticism (both overt and implicit) of the "man's world" in which she lived. Her rebellious art, combined with her free-spirited lifestyle, has made Boty a herald of 1970s' feminism.

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British Pop

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The Only Blonde in the World

Pauline Boty
1963
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Portrait of Derek Marlowe with Unknown Ladies

Pauline Boty
1962–3

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