Suburban Shrub I
Print
1972 (published)
1972 (published)
Artist/Maker | |
Place of origin |
Ivor Abrahams trained as a sculptor but he also works in other media, including print. His subject matter, which includes natural history, portraits and seascapes, is often drawn from the suburban garden, bringing together nature and artifice in a series of images which are both kitsch and sinister, familiar and surreal. His images are often adapted from illustrations in gardening magazines and his working method often relies on processes of photography and collage, through which he re-configures the original images and then overpaints before transferring the image to the printing plate or screen. This print is a pair with Circ.213-1972.
Object details
Category | |
Object type | |
Title | Suburban Shrub I |
Materials and techniques | Colour lithograph on paper |
Brief description | Ivor Abrahams: Suburban Shrub I. Colour lithograph, 1972 |
Physical description | Large, conical-shaped green bush filling approximately half the picture space but positioned slightly to the left and in deep shadow on the right side. Behind it, vaguely suggested grass in light green, distant shrubs and a light grey sky. |
Dimensions |
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Production type | Limited edition |
Copy number | 21/30 |
Marks and inscriptions | Ivor Abrahams 72 (Signed and dated in pencil) |
Object history | Circ 213 and 214-1972 were purchased together for the sum of £240 less 255 museum discount |
Historical context | at time of purchase 10 Clifford Street, London W1X IRB |
Summary | Ivor Abrahams trained as a sculptor but he also works in other media, including print. His subject matter, which includes natural history, portraits and seascapes, is often drawn from the suburban garden, bringing together nature and artifice in a series of images which are both kitsch and sinister, familiar and surreal. His images are often adapted from illustrations in gardening magazines and his working method often relies on processes of photography and collage, through which he re-configures the original images and then overpaints before transferring the image to the printing plate or screen. This print is a pair with Circ.213-1972. |
Associated object | CIRC.213-1972 (Set) |
Bibliographic reference | Taken from Departmental Circulation Register 1972 |
Collection | |
Accession number | CIRC.214-1972 |
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Record created | February 22, 2008 |
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