Temora
Portfolio
2010 (made)
2010 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Geoff MacEwan (b. 1943) studied at Goldsmith's and is a noted painter and printmaker. Temora is a pleasing work in which the facsimile text is as much an image as the abstract etched illustrations. The National Art Library holds several editions of Macpherson's 'Poems of Ossian' so this portfolio compliments the historic editions. MacEwan intended Temora as a tribute to 'Ossian' and it is a response to the appetite for the heroic and the sublime to which Macpherson contributed.
Object details
| Category | |
| Object type | |
| Parts | This object consists of 11 parts. |
| Title | Temora (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Etching on paper in portfolio; portfolio of red paper-bound boards embossed with title in black |
| Brief description | Portfolio, facsimile texts, with original etchings, 'Temora', Geoff MacEwan, 2010. |
| Physical description | Portfolio of facsimile texts with six original etchings (text from 2nd edition of James Macpherson's 'Poems of Ossian'). |
| Dimensions |
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| Copy number | 7 of 25 |
| Marks and inscriptions | '7/25 Geoff MacEwan 2010' (Edition number; signature; date. All in pencil inside front cover of portfolio) |
| Credit line | Given by the artist |
| Subject depicted | |
| Summary | Geoff MacEwan (b. 1943) studied at Goldsmith's and is a noted painter and printmaker. Temora is a pleasing work in which the facsimile text is as much an image as the abstract etched illustrations. The National Art Library holds several editions of Macpherson's 'Poems of Ossian' so this portfolio compliments the historic editions. MacEwan intended Temora as a tribute to 'Ossian' and it is a response to the appetite for the heroic and the sublime to which Macpherson contributed. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.290:1 to 11-2011 |
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| Record created | July 21, 2011 |
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