Hill and Door
Print
1997 (made)
1997 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Ken Kiff (1935-2001) is best known as a painter, whose work is characterised by heightened colour and dream-like scenes which resemble fairy tales. Figures are shown in simple landscapes, with odd disjunctions of scale between the different elements of the composition. Many of these characters and devices from his paintings also appear in his many prints. This is a trial proof for an untitled print made at Studio Prints, London.
Object details
| Category | |
| Object type | |
| Title | Hill and Door (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Drypoint |
| Brief description | Ken Kiff: Trial proof for Hill and Door (tree, star, figure, plant), 1997. Drypoint. |
| Physical description | Print on paper, in greenish-black ink, showing a landscape with a tree with a single large leaf top left, a river below, and a star (?) top right, and a figure entering a house below. |
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| Content description | A landscape with a tree with a single large leaf top left, a river below, and a star (?) top right, and a figure entering a house below. |
| Marks and inscriptions | 2 May '97 / 2nd May '97 (best) 5th (in pencil) |
| Credit line | Given by Marc Balakjian and Dorothea Wight of Studio Prints |
| Production | The print was editioned and published in 1998. |
| Summary | Ken Kiff (1935-2001) is best known as a painter, whose work is characterised by heightened colour and dream-like scenes which resemble fairy tales. Figures are shown in simple landscapes, with odd disjunctions of scale between the different elements of the composition. Many of these characters and devices from his paintings also appear in his many prints. This is a trial proof for an untitled print made at Studio Prints, London. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.15-2016 |
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| Record created | November 13, 2015 |
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