Painting by a man from Chicago on a painting holiday, Mousehole
Photograph
1984 (photographed), 1985 (printed)
1984 (photographed), 1985 (printed)
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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
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Object type | |
Title | Painting by a man from Chicago on a painting holiday, Mousehole (assigned by artist) |
Materials and techniques | C-type print |
Brief description | 20thC; Southam, Jem, 'Painting by a man from Chicago on a painting holiday, Mousehole', 1984, c-type colour photograph, from the series 'Paintings from the West of Cornwall' |
Physical description | Colour photograph of the wall at Mousehole, Cornwall, by the beach. A watercolour painting, paintset and flask are laid out on a wooden bench/sleeper. |
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Production type | Limited edition |
Object history | Creative Camera no.252 |
Production | from the series 'Paintings from the West of Cornwall' |
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Place 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.312-1988 |
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Record created | June 13, 2006 |
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