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1 Jesus is Condemned to Death

Design
2012 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

The Stations of the King’s Cross was a booklet and web site based on the traditional cycle of fourteen meditations on Christ’s passion and death. Each scene from the series was identified with two alternative London Underground stations so that moving clockwise or anti-clockwise on the Circle Line there is one stop for each station ending at King’s Cross, the idea being that believers could reflect on the Passion while travelling on the tube. The printed booklet was distributed free and the original cut paperwork illustrations for it were subsequently sold in an online auction with the proceeds going to charity. This is the first illustration in the series and includes the clockwise/anti-clockwise symbols as a key.


Object details

Category
Object type
Titles
  • 1 Jesus is Condemned to Death (assigned by artist)
  • The Stations of the King's Cross (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Cut paperwork
Brief description
1 Jesus is Condemned to Death. Papercut illustration for The Stations of the King's Cross by Claire Barrie.
Physical description
Rectangular image (portrait format) depicting the First Station of the Cross (Christ before Pilate) cut out of white paper with a red paper backing showing through. Lettered within the design 1 JESUS IS / CONDEMNED / TO DEATH and below with clockwise and anticlockwise symbols and WESTMINSTER / ST JAMES PARK. Artist's monogram and date written in pencil, bottom right corner.
Dimensions
  • Height: 21cm
  • Width: 14.9cm
Content description
The First Station of the Cross (Christ before Pilate)
Subjects depicted
Summary
The Stations of the King’s Cross was a booklet and web site based on the traditional cycle of fourteen meditations on Christ’s passion and death. Each scene from the series was identified with two alternative London Underground stations so that moving clockwise or anti-clockwise on the Circle Line there is one stop for each station ending at King’s Cross, the idea being that believers could reflect on the Passion while travelling on the tube. The printed booklet was distributed free and the original cut paperwork illustrations for it were subsequently sold in an online auction with the proceeds going to charity. This is the first illustration in the series and includes the clockwise/anti-clockwise symbols as a key.
Collection
Accession number
E.1187-2012

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Record createdOctober 23, 2012
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