Tornado: Flight Crash Investigation
Print
2003 (made)
2003 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
This print comes from Faithfull's ‘Jettison’ series. The image is inspired by a Tornado military fighter crash neat Torness Nuclear Power Station. The pieces of the plane’s wreckage are presented as though they are pieces of an Airfix kit. There are two related artist's books, Jettison 1 and Jettison 2, in the National Art Library.
Object details
| Category | |
| Object type | |
| Title | Tornado: Flight Crash Investigation (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Lithograph |
| Brief description | David Faithfull: Print, 'Tornado: Flight Crash Investigation', 2003. Lithograph, laminated Screenprint |
| Physical description | Double-sided lithograph with image of parts of crashed plane, presented like an Airfix kit, and on the back of the sheet diagrams of the intact plane with a key to the kit as it appears on the other side. Laminated. |
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| Copy number | A/P |
| Marks and inscriptions | A/P Tornado: Flight Crash Investigation David Faithfull (All in pencil) |
| Credit line | Given by the artist |
| Summary | This print comes from Faithfull's ‘Jettison’ series. The image is inspired by a Tornado military fighter crash neat Torness Nuclear Power Station. The pieces of the plane’s wreckage are presented as though they are pieces of an Airfix kit. There are two related artist's books, Jettison 1 and Jettison 2, in the National Art Library. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.318-2017 |
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| Record created | December 22, 2016 |
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