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Left and Right Reflections

Print
1969 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Glynn Williams is a well known British sculptor. In the late 1960s and early 1970s he was making work that was abstract but referencing real objects. While making sculpture he also made drawings and prints which reflect the concerns manifest in his three-dimensional work. In many ways this suite of images seems outside his more formal investigations into the nature of space and perception. But at the same time they are a very direct expression of the playfulness usually found more discreetly in his work. This is from a set of eight images which show a very perplexed- looking man, smartly dressed in double-breasted suit who is having a problem with orientation. Each pair of images is a mirrored set, but each set is subtly different from the previous one, so that although one pair may at first seem identical to the last or last-but-one, it then emerges that some slight detail has shifted, such as the positioning of a buttonhole, the direction of the stripes on his tie or the buttoning of his jacket.


Object details

Category
Object type
TitleLeft and Right Reflections (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Screen print in black ink on mirrored acetate sheeting
Brief description
Print, Glynn Williams: Left and Right Reflections.Eighth of a set of eight images. 1969
Physical description
Eighth of a set of eight images printed on mirrored acetate. Each of the eight is a figure of a man, facing forward, in a double breasted suit carrying two briefcases one in each hand. The images form four pairs. The first of each pair is a mirror image of the second of each pair. In Circ. 96g-1974 the briefcase on the left of the image(the man's right) is lettered 'LEFT' but written backwards and the briefcase on the right of the image(the man's left) is lettered 'RIGHT' but written backwards. A button hole and pocketed handkerchief are on the left side (his right). His hair is parted on the left (his right). There are deeper shadows on the right eye (his left).
Dimensions
  • Sheet height: 76.2cm
  • Sheet width: 40.7cm
Styles
Production typeLimited edition
Copy number
4/15
Marks and inscriptions
Glynn Williams 69 4/15 (Signed, dated and inscribed with edition number with a scratching instrument (?a pin) at bottom right of sheet.)
Production
Eighth of a set of eight images
Subject depicted
Summary
Glynn Williams is a well known British sculptor. In the late 1960s and early 1970s he was making work that was abstract but referencing real objects. While making sculpture he also made drawings and prints which reflect the concerns manifest in his three-dimensional work. In many ways this suite of images seems outside his more formal investigations into the nature of space and perception. But at the same time they are a very direct expression of the playfulness usually found more discreetly in his work. This is from a set of eight images which show a very perplexed- looking man, smartly dressed in double-breasted suit who is having a problem with orientation. Each pair of images is a mirrored set, but each set is subtly different from the previous one, so that although one pair may at first seem identical to the last or last-but-one, it then emerges that some slight detail has shifted, such as the positioning of a buttonhole, the direction of the stripes on his tie or the buttoning of his jacket.
Associated objects
Bibliographic reference
Taken from Departmental Circulation Register 1974
Collection
Accession number
CIRC.96G-1974

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Record createdApril 11, 2008
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