Honi soit qui mal y pense
Print
1988 (made)
1988 (made)
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This striking and original design was commissioned for an unusual application of wood engraving, a T-shirt for Square Peg, a gay arts magazine. It was later applied to an advert in the James White Review. Artist Peter Forster (born 1934) works against the connotations of 'old-fashioned' and 'traditional' that the medium of wood engraving often has in the world of commercial illustration; he often works in colour and uses mixed media in defiance of the 'purists'.
Object details
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| Title | Honi soit qui mal y pense (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Wood engraving on paper |
| Brief description | Print by Peter Forster, 'Honi Soit Qui Mal Y Pense', wood-engraved proof of a design originally used for a promotional T-Shirt, used here for an advert in the James White Review, Great Britain, 1988 |
| Physical description | Wood engraved artwork originally commissioned for a T-Shirt, used here for an advert in the James White Review, showing two male torso fragments, resembling broken statues, each with an arms around the other's shoulder or waist. |
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| Production type | Artist's proof |
| Copy number | 29/88 |
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| Gallery label | Peter FORSTER (born 1934)
Honi soit qui mal y pense
Proof of a design used for a promotional T-shirt for Square Peg
magazine and a press advertisement for James White Review. 1988
Wood engraving
E.683-1994
This striking and original design was first commissioned for an
unusual application of wood engraving, a T-shirt. The importance
of being given the opportunity for interesting work was emphasised
by the artist himself. 'The trouble with the commercial demand
for wood engraving is that they want something old-fashioned,
Merchant-Ivory-ish. I suppose one of us will end up illustrating the
Tory Party Manifesto. But it won't be me!'(1994) |
| Object history | Acquired in connection with the display A Fine Line - Commercial Wood Engraving in Britain, V&A, 10 October 1994 - 26 March 1995. |
| Subject depicted | |
| Summary | This striking and original design was commissioned for an unusual application of wood engraving, a T-shirt for Square Peg, a gay arts magazine. It was later applied to an advert in the James White Review. Artist Peter Forster (born 1934) works against the connotations of 'old-fashioned' and 'traditional' that the medium of wood engraving often has in the world of commercial illustration; he often works in colour and uses mixed media in defiance of the 'purists'. |
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| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.683-1994 |
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| Record created | November 25, 2008 |
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