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Terrible Rising Damp

Print
1969 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Image of an interior of a room: yellow wallpaper with a red door to the left and a sofa against the wall with cushions on it. The wall behind the sofa is in two shades of yellow to indicate discoloration caused by the damp.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleTerrible Rising Damp (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
colour screenprint
Brief description
By Jeffery Edwards: Rising Damp, screenprint, 1969
Physical description
Image of an interior of a room: yellow wallpaper with a red door to the left and a sofa against the wall with cushions on it. The wall behind the sofa is in two shades of yellow to indicate discoloration caused by the damp.
Dimensions
  • Sheet height: 46.4cm
  • Sheet width: 53.9cm
Copy number
artist's proof
Marks and inscriptions
Jeffery Edwards '69 AP Terrible Rising Damp (signed, dated and inscribed with state, and inscribed with title in capital letters.)
Credit line
Acquired from the Artist in 1974.
Subject depicted
Bibliographic reference
Taken from Departmental Circulation Register 1974
Collection
Accession number
CIRC.593-1974

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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