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Pearly Whites

Print
2009 (printed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Sweet Toof is a graffiti artist who has worked through a broad range of media from street wall and sculpture to modelling and painting and printing. Although he now shows in galleries and sells his works, he continues to graffiti on the streets at night. This print shows the characteristic lurid gums with their comic grins of Sweet Toof's work.


Object details

Category
Object type
TitlePearly Whites (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Screenprint on paper
Brief description
Pearly Whites by Sweet Toof; screenprint; 2009
Physical description
A pile of pink gums
Dimensions
  • Height: 49.5cm
  • Width: 34.4cm
Copy number
3/35
Marks and inscriptions
  • 3/35 (in silver ink on the bottom left of the image)
  • sweet (in silver ink on the bottom right of the image with 'squiggles')
Object history
Object being used as part of the 'Street Art' touring exhibition
Subjects depicted
Summary
Sweet Toof is a graffiti artist who has worked through a broad range of media from street wall and sculpture to modelling and painting and printing. Although he now shows in galleries and sells his works, he continues to graffiti on the streets at night. This print shows the characteristic lurid gums with their comic grins of Sweet Toof's work.
Associated object
E.431-2009 (Object)
Collection
Accession number
E.432-2009

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Record createdNovember 6, 2009
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