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Deathbed

Overlay
1981 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Overlay on acetate for an animation by Christopher Charles James about Aubrey Beardsley. Great Britain, 1981.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleDeathbed (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Brief description
Overlay on acetate for an animation by Christopher Charles James about Aubrey Beardsley. Great Britain, 1981.
Dimensions
  • Height: 26.6cm
  • Width: 33cm
Object history
The film for which this was made was entitled 'After Beardsley' (1981). It was a 15 minute animation shown on Channel 4, and also French and Swiss television. The film was drawn in the style of Beardsley and attempts to show how he may of pictured the world 80 years after his death.
Subject depicted
Collection
Accession number
E.431A-1982

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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