Figure 1 No.8
Print
1971 (published)
1971 (published)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Etching print on paper
Object details
| Category | |
| Object type | |
| Title | Figure 1 No.8 (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | printer's ink, paper, etching |
| Brief description | By Colin Self: 'Figure 1 No.8', one of eleven etchings, prelude to "1,000 Temporary Objects of our Time" |
| Physical description | Etching print on paper |
| Dimensions | |
| Marks and inscriptions | Colin Self 24 Aug 1971 (Signed and dated in pencil on the back) |
| Credit line | Acquired from Editions Alecto, London in 1972. |
| Production | 'This suite of eleven etchings is the prelude to a proposed collection of “1,000 Temporary Objects of our Time”. The prelude was produced in 1971, and a leaflet produced as an information sheet with the set quoted from the artist’s statement for the Sao Paolo Biennale, 1971, describing his interest in reproducing ‘objects’ and in the idea of a kind of census of images of ‘objects’. The images were produced by placing an object on the etching plate and spraying over it. When the object is removed, a clean shadow is left on the plate, which is then etched. Thus the shadow of the object becomes the inked part of the image. All are printed on thick white paper. Printer’s stamp on the back. The suite was published by Editions Alecto, 1971.' [Taken from Departmental Circulation Register 1972] |
| Bibliographic reference | Taken from Departmental Circulation Register 1972 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | CIRC.61-1972 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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