Studies for a Globe No. 77
Drawing
2005 (made)
2005 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Stephen Farthing (b.1950) studied at St Martin's School of Art (1969-73) and the Royal College of Art (1973-76), where he later taught. From 1990 to 2000 he was Ruskin Master at the Ruskin School of Fine Art in Oxford, after which he moved to New York as the Executive Director of New York Academy of Art. In 2004 he was appointed to the Rootstein Hopkins Chair of Drawing at the University of the Arts London. Farthing was elected Royal Academician in 1998.
Object details
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| Title | Studies for a Globe No. 77 (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | |
| Brief description | Drawing, Studies for a Globe No. 77 by Stephen Farthing, pencil and wash, 2005 |
| Physical description | Outline map of Australia, depicted upside down, shaded in pencil with areas of blue and red wash above and below. |
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| Object history | This drawing is part of the '40 Artists - 40 Drawings' series acquired as a group in 2007. |
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| Summary | Stephen Farthing (b.1950) studied at St Martin's School of Art (1969-73) and the Royal College of Art (1973-76), where he later taught. From 1990 to 2000 he was Ruskin Master at the Ruskin School of Fine Art in Oxford, after which he moved to New York as the Executive Director of New York Academy of Art. In 2004 he was appointed to the Rootstein Hopkins Chair of Drawing at the University of the Arts London. Farthing was elected Royal Academician in 1998. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.2576-2007 |
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| Record created | July 12, 2007 |
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