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3 KEY BOOKS ON KEYT + 4 JOURNALS
GEORGE KEYT - A CENTENNIAL ANTHOLOGY
Colombo: George Keyt Foundation, April 2001
Pp xiv, 184
Size: 12 x 11.5 inches
Writings on and by Keyt, Portfolio of paintings [pp. 57-
110], memorabilia, bio-biliography [1923-1988], murals,
essay byhis daughter Diana Keyt, obituaries etc.
The book is bound in Bangladeshi jute with Keyt's
signatures blown up and printed on cover in black and
with a fine dustjacket.
Has a very large number of Keyt's paintings and
photographs
Condition: Very Good. Presentation inscription on title-
page by chairman of the George Keyt Foundation and
his wife.
GEORGE KEYT DRAWINGS
Edited, with an Introduction and a Descriptive
Catalogue, by H. A. I. Goonetileke
Colombo: George Keyt Foundation, 1990
LIMITED EDITION of 1000 copies
pp. 91 with 236 illustrations
size: 12 x 8.5 inches
Bound in white handwoven cloth with a Keyt sketch
printed in maroon on cover and with a fine dustjacket
Condition: Very Good
Unnumbered copy of a limited edition of 1000
GEORGE KEYT INTERPRETATIONS
By Sunil Goonasekera
Kandy, Sri Lanka: Institute of Fundamental Studies, 1991
LIMITED EDITION of 1000 copies
pp. 160 with numerous colour and b&w plates
size: 11 x 9 inches
Green cloth binding with fine dustjacket
Condition: Very Good
A 90th birthday tribute to Keyt covering his career up
to 1970s
Orientations, July 1976 issue published from Hong Kong
Has an 12-page essay titled GEORGE KEYT - BREAKING
WITH TRADITION by Ellen Dissanayake with 16
illustrations and a portrait of Keyt.
Arts of Asia, January-February 1973 issue published
from Hong Kong
Has an 8-page essay titled GEORGE KEYT - THE
INDIAN ETHOS IN A CEYLONESE STUDIO by
H.A. I. Goonetileke with 12 illustrations including 2
photographs of Keyt and the rest his paintings. The
cover also carries a painting by Keyt.
GEORGE KEYT
14-page essay on the great Ceylonese artist with 8 full-
page colour illustrations ofhis paintings
In the book "In Den Garten Ravanas - Sri Lanka-Insel im
Ozean" by Willi Meinck
Published in Leipzig in 1986
Text in German
Size 9 x 8 inches
TWO PAINTERS FROM CEYLON by C. F. Winzer
2-page essay with 1 full-page plate by George Keyt in
complete copy of London magazine Studio for January
1931. First appearance of Keyt in a European journal.
The other artist discussed is Geoffrey Beling.
Rs 1,00,000-Rs 1,20,000
$1,540-$1,850