Len Fox illustrations from Vietnam and Sydney, with posters and artworks from Vietnam collected by Len Fox and Mona Brand

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1940s-1960s

Graphic Materials, Drawings, Posters, Prints

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Len Fox (1905-2004) was a left-wing journalist, prolific author, artist and social activist based in Kings Cross. His uncle was the painter Emanuel Phillips Fox (1865-1915) and his auntie Ethel Carrick Fox (1872-1952). His partner was playwright Mona Brand (1915-2007). In the 1940s Fox was briefly a student in the Sydney ‘Studio of Realist Artists’ depicting post-war social realism and then later in his life he was involved in the ‘Save the Loo Committee’ protesting against high-rise redevelopment in Woolloomooloo in the 1960s. Fox’s illustrations may be found adjacent to his published works of writing, especially during the 1960s in the form of newspapers and pamphlets.

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Len Fox illustrations from Vietnam and Sydney, with themes of anti-war, indigenous rights and politics, some used for posters and placards, ca. 1940-1960

SERIES 2
Posters and artworks from Vietnam, collected by Len Fox and Mona Brand

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