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Red Hand

Print
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
TitleRed 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
  • Paper height: 94.6cm
  • Paper width: 77.4cm
  • Plate height: 76.2cm
  • Plate width: 60.9cm
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

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Record createdAugust 3, 2007
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