Study for the Fall of Icarus
Print
2011 (Printed and published)
2011 (Printed and published)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
East London Printmakers (ELP) is an independent collective established in 1998 and based in Hackney. It offers its members studio space, access to equipment, professional development and exhibiting opportunities and runs courses and workshops in printmaking for the public.
The ELP Box is an annual collaboration between ELP artists to publish a boxed set of small prints (30 x 30cm) in an edition of 40 to serve as an archive of members’ work and to help promote the group’s activities. Money raised from the sale of the prints is used to fund artists’ professional development and a few sets from each edition are presented to selected public collections and archives.
The ELP Box is an annual collaboration between ELP artists to publish a boxed set of small prints (30 x 30cm) in an edition of 40 to serve as an archive of members’ work and to help promote the group’s activities. Money raised from the sale of the prints is used to fund artists’ professional development and a few sets from each edition are presented to selected public collections and archives.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Study for the Fall of Icarus (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Etching |
| Brief description | Print by Dolores de Sade entitled 'Study for the Fall of Icarus' for ELP Box '11, published by East London Printmakers, 2011. |
| Physical description | Etching entitled 'Study for the Fall of Icarus' depicting a bird lying on its back with the letters 'a' and 'c' above the body, and a set of thin, downward pointing arrows running from the bird's upturned claws to its tail. Numbered, titled, and signed by the artist. |
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| Production type | Limited edition |
| Copy number | 1/42 |
| Credit line | Given by East London Printmakers |
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| Association | |
| Summary | East London Printmakers (ELP) is an independent collective established in 1998 and based in Hackney. It offers its members studio space, access to equipment, professional development and exhibiting opportunities and runs courses and workshops in printmaking for the public. The ELP Box is an annual collaboration between ELP artists to publish a boxed set of small prints (30 x 30cm) in an edition of 40 to serve as an archive of members’ work and to help promote the group’s activities. Money raised from the sale of the prints is used to fund artists’ professional development and a few sets from each edition are presented to selected public collections and archives. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.681:12-2014 |
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| Record created | October 3, 2014 |
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