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Repose

Print
1978 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

The suite of six prints of which this is one, was loosely inspired by the 'Big Bang' theory of the creation of the universe. The titles, in order, are: Alpha, Bang, Flight, Repose, Retreat and Omega. The artist describes 'Repose' as signifying accomplishment, satisfaction and culmination, with the pyramidal mount a mausoleum dedicated to the effort of all that has come before. The rose- enmeshed in a kind of enigmatic diagram- aboved the mausoleum, is intended to suggest that the Mausoleum signifies the secrets (as in 'sub rosa'), of the Universe and the fruitless yet noble quest to understand them.

'Repose' was shown in 'Art and Cartography' at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1980 where the catalogue entry notes: "According to the artist 'the struggle is over. The world and the universe are in harmony.' ....... O'Donohue Ros, like other contemporary artists in this country and in Europe, is turning increasingly to considerations of the environment, the physical and metaphysical reality of the universe and constructing abstract concepts on recognizable, tangible often topographical symols of this world."


Object details

Categories
Object type
Titles
  • Repose (assigned by artist)
  • Apokatastasis (series title)
Materials and techniques
Engraving, drypoint, aquatint, mezzotint and hand colouring on paper
Brief description
Mixed media print by Tighe O'Donoghue, 'Repose', 1978
Physical description
Image divided in two by horizontal line: lower two thirds of image a tumulus (hill or mountain shape) with shrubs and paths against a black ground , at top, a rainbow, to left and to right two moons, above, folds of translucent cloth. Upper third of image printed with creamy ground against which a scattering of broken curved lines, a pink rose and a diagrammatic dotted line.
Dimensions
  • Sheet height: 75cm
  • Sheet width: 55.7cm
  • Printed surface height: 45.1cm
  • Printed surface width: 37.2cm
Production typeArtist's proof
Copy number
A/P
Marks and inscriptions
Tighe O'Donahue / 'A/P' (Signature; edition. Both inscribed in pencil)
Credit line
Given by the Artist
Production
This work is from a suite of six prints titled Apokatastassis. The artist appears to spell his name in variant ways.
Subjects depicted
Summary
The suite of six prints of which this is one, was loosely inspired by the 'Big Bang' theory of the creation of the universe. The titles, in order, are: Alpha, Bang, Flight, Repose, Retreat and Omega. The artist describes 'Repose' as signifying accomplishment, satisfaction and culmination, with the pyramidal mount a mausoleum dedicated to the effort of all that has come before. The rose- enmeshed in a kind of enigmatic diagram- aboved the mausoleum, is intended to suggest that the Mausoleum signifies the secrets (as in 'sub rosa'), of the Universe and the fruitless yet noble quest to understand them.

'Repose' was shown in 'Art and Cartography' at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1980 where the catalogue entry notes: "According to the artist 'the struggle is over. The world and the universe are in harmony.' ....... O'Donohue Ros, like other contemporary artists in this country and in Europe, is turning increasingly to considerations of the environment, the physical and metaphysical reality of the universe and constructing abstract concepts on recognizable, tangible often topographical symols of this world."
Collection
Accession number
E.370-1992

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