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Painting by Bryan Pearce in his Porthmeor studio, St. Ives

Photograph
1984 (photographed), 1985 (printed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Jem Southam (born Bristol 1950) is well-known for his series of colour landscape photographs which he has worked on since the 1970s. Southam likes to observe a single site and theme over a period of time. This photograph is one of the series 'Paintings from the West of Cornwall' made in the 1980s in which Southam focuses on the processes and customs associated with making art.


Object details

Category
Object type
TitlePainting by Bryan Pearce in his Porthmeor studio, St. Ives (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
C-type print
Brief description
20thC; Southam Jem, Painting by Bryan Pearce in his Porthmeor studio, St. Ives, Cornwall, 1984, c-type colour photograph, from the series 'Paintings from the West of Cornwall'
Physical description
Colour photograph of an easel holding a painting of houses and boats in an artist's studio, with sink and paint palette to the right
Dimensions
  • Image height: 405mm
  • Image width: 508mm
  • Paper height: 506mm
  • Paper width: 609mm
Production typeLimited edition
Production
from the series 'Paintings from the West of Cornwall'
Subjects depicted
Summary
Jem Southam (born Bristol 1950) is well-known for his series of colour landscape photographs which he has worked on since the 1970s. Southam likes to observe a single site and theme over a period of time. This photograph is one of the series 'Paintings from the West of Cornwall' made in the 1980s in which Southam focuses on the processes and customs associated with making art.
Collection
Accession number
E.313-1988

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Record createdJune 13, 2006
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