Red Hand
Print
September 2003-October 2004 (designed), 2006 (printed)
September 2003-October 2004 (designed), 2006 (printed)
Artist/Maker | |
Place of origin |
Humphrey Ocean RA (born 1951) is a portrait painter best known for his portraits of Paul McCartney and Philip Larkin, both in the National Portrait Gallery. He has previously published books reproducing simple line drawings of everyday objects. This print and its companion ('Black Hand', E.3028-2007) are sugar lift aquatints, made with the printer Maurice Payne in New York, and are exemplary of the technique as well as showcasing Ocean’s distinctive graphic style. They are Pop-inspired interpretations of the ‘stop’ sign used on pedestrian crossings in New York (a raised hand).
Object details
Category | |
Object type | |
Title | Red Hand (assigned by artist) |
Materials and techniques | Colour aquatint on paper |
Brief description | 'Red Hand', aquatint of abstracted hand-shape printed in red, by Humphrey Ocean, printed 2006, New York |
Physical description | An image of an abstracted hand-shape printed in red. |
Dimensions |
|
Credit line | Given by Randy Lerner and the artist |
Subject depicted | |
Summary | Humphrey Ocean RA (born 1951) is a portrait painter best known for his portraits of Paul McCartney and Philip Larkin, both in the National Portrait Gallery. He has previously published books reproducing simple line drawings of everyday objects. This print and its companion ('Black Hand', E.3028-2007) are sugar lift aquatints, made with the printer Maurice Payne in New York, and are exemplary of the technique as well as showcasing Ocean’s distinctive graphic style. They are Pop-inspired interpretations of the ‘stop’ sign used on pedestrian crossings in New York (a raised hand). |
Collection | |
Accession number | E.3027-2007 |
About this object record
Explore the Collections contains over a million catalogue records, and over half a million images. It is a working database that includes information compiled over the life of the museum. Some of our records may contain offensive and discriminatory language, or reflect outdated ideas, practice and analysis. We are committed to addressing these issues, and to review and update our records accordingly.
You can write to us to suggest improvements to the record.
Suggest feedback
You can write to us to suggest improvements to the record.
Suggest feedback
Record created | August 3, 2007 |
Record URL |
Download as: JSON