Cathedral of Dreams
Print
late 20th century (printed)
late 20th century (printed)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Dorothea Wight (born 1944) established Studio Prints, London, in 1968 as an editioning workshop and has since worked with Frank Auerbach, Stephen Conroy, Lucian Freud and Celia Paul, alongside Marc Balakjian who joined her at Studio Prints in the 1970s.
Wight studied at Dartington School of Art, and did a postgraduate degree at the Slade School in London. She has specialised in colour mezzotints and her work has been exhibited internationally in many biennales and triennales. An example of her work was used by print curator and historian Pat Gilmour in her book ‘Understanding Contemporary Prints’ to illustrate the mezzotint process.
This is one of four examples by Wight in the V&A collection; each is a colour mezzotint and each takes the form of a view of a landscape through a window, but her real subject is light and the way it changes with the seasons, the time of day, and the framing of the view (by curtains, blind, window frames etc).
Wight studied at Dartington School of Art, and did a postgraduate degree at the Slade School in London. She has specialised in colour mezzotints and her work has been exhibited internationally in many biennales and triennales. An example of her work was used by print curator and historian Pat Gilmour in her book ‘Understanding Contemporary Prints’ to illustrate the mezzotint process.
This is one of four examples by Wight in the V&A collection; each is a colour mezzotint and each takes the form of a view of a landscape through a window, but her real subject is light and the way it changes with the seasons, the time of day, and the framing of the view (by curtains, blind, window frames etc).
Object details
| Category | |
| Object type | |
| Title | Cathedral of Dreams (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Colour mezzotint |
| Brief description | Mezzotint, colour printed. Dorothea Wight. Cathedral of Dreams, late 1975-1981. |
| Physical description | An image of a tall window framed by pilasters and with curtains which appear to be outside the frame, with a view of clouded sky and a glimpse of green fields and slopes. |
| Dimensions |
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| Copy number | A/P |
| Marks and inscriptions | A/P Cathedral of Dreams Dorothea Wight (Edition number, title and signature; in pencil) |
| Credit line | Given by the artist |
| Subjects depicted | |
| Summary | Dorothea Wight (born 1944) established Studio Prints, London, in 1968 as an editioning workshop and has since worked with Frank Auerbach, Stephen Conroy, Lucian Freud and Celia Paul, alongside Marc Balakjian who joined her at Studio Prints in the 1970s. Wight studied at Dartington School of Art, and did a postgraduate degree at the Slade School in London. She has specialised in colour mezzotints and her work has been exhibited internationally in many biennales and triennales. An example of her work was used by print curator and historian Pat Gilmour in her book ‘Understanding Contemporary Prints’ to illustrate the mezzotint process. This is one of four examples by Wight in the V&A collection; each is a colour mezzotint and each takes the form of a view of a landscape through a window, but her real subject is light and the way it changes with the seasons, the time of day, and the framing of the view (by curtains, blind, window frames etc). |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.3032-2007 |
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| Record created | August 15, 2007 |
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