Boosey and Hawkes “wirek 202” reporter - UK Vintage Radio Repair and Restoration Discussion Forum

dentist365 · 17th May 2023, 9:41 pm

Hi there

Can somebody put me out of my misery.

I’ve been searching for months for this exact image of a Boosey & Hawkes Reporter.

I think it’s from a 1953 Magazine (or Manual).

I’ve seen a couple ‘very’ close but none ‘exactly’ the same.

Can you help ?

I’m desperate.

Cheers Ralph

Richard_FM · 17th May 2023, 10:18 pm

I thought I had seen it before!

Sorry I can't help with a source, but maybe some modern art forums could give an answer if you ask around?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Just_w...o_appealing%3F

brenellic2000 · 18th May 2023, 6:48 am

It'll almost certainly be in a 'Wireless World' of summer 1950 undoubtedly extracted from a quarter or half page B&H advert announcing the new Reporter. WW magazines are online.

Gordondav54 · 25th Aug 2023, 10:32 pm

I found this image in a magazine called Amateur Cine World 1954 August edition. This magazine is view-able at internet archive.
https://archive.org/details/sim_amat...g+out+of+doors See page 377.

I suspect the image was used freely in different adverts and reviews of the Boosey and Hawkes clockwork portable. It is certainly the same photograph but it might never be know which actual publication was cut up to use in Richard Hamilton’s ‘pop art’ collage called ‘Just what is it that makes today’s home’s so different, so appealing?’

It is regrettable that there don’t seem to be any decent copies of the collage on the internet with anything like the fidelity of a scan of the Boosey and Hawkes direct from an original magazine. However you can make out the blobby gluing and folded up bottom corner of the cut-out. It’s odd this ‘artwork’ became so famous at it is small and was produced hastily to advertise an exhibition. The images show the magazine scan and the collage.

Ted Kendall · 25th Aug 2023, 11:52 pm

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Originally Posted by Gordondav54

It’s odd this ‘artwork’ became so famous at it is small and was produced hastily to advertise an exhibition. The images show the magazine scan and the collage.

Some of the greatest art is produced in haste. Coleman Hawkins' iconic 1939 recording of "Body and Soul" was recorded on the spur of the moment because the session producer needed a fourth side to complete the release. Caught off guard, he played from the heart, and the rest is history.

brenellic2000 · 29th Aug 2023, 7:08 am

This appears to be the Wirek Reporter de-Luxe of 1952. See de-Luxe advert and comments in my "Guide to British tape-recorders" p.485-ish. I'll have the original... somewhere!

The image is best seen in my 'Guide to British tape-recorders"; it's c.1952. Such images were routinely air-brushed, then as now.

17th May 2023, 9:41 pm	#1
dentist365 Diode Join Date: May 2023 Location: London, UK. Posts: 1	Boosey and Hawkes “wirek 202” reporter Hi there Can somebody put me out of my misery. I’ve been searching for months for this exact image of a Boosey & Hawkes Reporter. I think it’s from a 1953 Magazine (or Manual). I’ve seen a couple ‘very’ close but none ‘exactly’ the same. Can you help ? I’m desperate. Cheers Ralph Attached Thumbnails

17th May 2023, 10:18 pm	#2
Richard_FM Nonode Join Date: Sep 2017 Location: Stockport, Cheshire, UK. Posts: 2,002	Re: Boosey and Hawkes “wirek 202” reporter I thought I had seen it before! Sorry I can't help with a source, but maybe some modern art forums could give an answer if you ask around? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Just_w...o_appealing%3F Attached Thumbnails __________________ Hello IT: Have you Tried Turning It Off & On Again?

18th May 2023, 6:48 am	#3
brenellic2000 Octode Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Rye, East Sussex, UK. Posts: 1,647	Re: Boosey and Hawkes “wirek 202” reporter It'll almost certainly be in a 'Wireless World' of summer 1950 undoubtedly extracted from a quarter or half page B&H advert announcing the new Reporter. WW magazines are online.

25th Aug 2023, 10:32 pm	#4
Gordondav54 Tetrode Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: Farnham, Surrey, UK. Posts: 50	Re: Boosey and Hawkes “wirek 202” reporter I found this image in a magazine called Amateur Cine World 1954 August edition. This magazine is view-able at internet archive. https://archive.org/details/sim_amat...g+out+of+doors See page 377. I suspect the image was used freely in different adverts and reviews of the Boosey and Hawkes clockwork portable. It is certainly the same photograph but it might never be know which actual publication was cut up to use in Richard Hamilton’s ‘pop art’ collage called ‘Just what is it that makes today’s home’s so different, so appealing?’ It is regrettable that there don’t seem to be any decent copies of the collage on the internet with anything like the fidelity of a scan of the Boosey and Hawkes direct from an original magazine. However you can make out the blobby gluing and folded up bottom corner of the cut-out. It’s odd this ‘artwork’ became so famous at it is small and was produced hastily to advertise an exhibition. The images show the magazine scan and the collage. Attached Thumbnails

29th Aug 2023, 7:08 am	#6
brenellic2000 Octode Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Rye, East Sussex, UK. Posts: 1,647	Re: Boosey and Hawkes “wirek 202” reporter This appears to be the Wirek Reporter de-Luxe of 1952. See de-Luxe advert and comments in my "Guide to British tape-recorders" p.485-ish. I'll have the original... somewhere! The image is best seen in my 'Guide to British tape-recorders"; it's c.1952. Such images were routinely air-brushed, then as now.