Elephant Bird
Collage
1938 (made)
1938 (made)
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| Place of origin |
Elephant Bird, showing and abstract image of a very large bird with various parts of its body represented by a collage of prints and photographs; the plume on the head represented by a map of Northern Spain; the head by card board with the eyes being black card; the body is overlapping prints of the base of the Eiffel Tower, with one wing represented by two prints of the Sacre Coeur and orange card, the other outstretched being cream folded card. At the bottom is a sepia print of a park landscape with pond and ducks, on the right of which is an abstract of a long horn shaped object with circles of string.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Elephant Bird (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Collage with paper and string |
| Brief description | Collage, Elephant Bird, by Roland Penrose, string and paper, 1938. |
| Physical description | Elephant Bird, showing and abstract image of a very large bird with various parts of its body represented by a collage of prints and photographs; the plume on the head represented by a map of Northern Spain; the head by card board with the eyes being black card; the body is overlapping prints of the base of the Eiffel Tower, with one wing represented by two prints of the Sacre Coeur and orange card, the other outstretched being cream folded card. At the bottom is a sepia print of a park landscape with pond and ducks, on the right of which is an abstract of a long horn shaped object with circles of string. |
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| Production type | Unique |
| Marks and inscriptions | Signed and dated lower left in pencil 'R Penrose ' 38'. Along lower edge to right lower corner a watercolour signed and dated 'W Cowen 1851' |
| Credit line | Acquired from the Artist in 1972. |
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| Association | |
| Bibliographic reference | Taken from Departmental Circulation Register 1972 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | CIRC.279-1972 |
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| Record created | August 16, 2006 |
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