Left and Right Reflections
Print
1969 (made)
1969 (made)
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Glynn Williams is a well known British sculptor. In the late 1960s and early 1970s he was making work that was abstract but referencing real objects. While making sculpture he also made drawings and prints which reflect the concerns manifest in his three-dimensional work. In many ways this suite of images seems outside his more formal investigations into the nature of space and perception. But at the same time they are a very direct expression of the playfulness usually found more discreetly in his work. This is from a set of eight images which show a very perplexed- looking man, smartly dressed in double-breasted suit who is having a problem with orientation. Each pair of images is a mirrored set, but each set is subtly different from the previous one, so that although one pair may at first seem identical to the last or last-but-one, it then emerges that some slight detail has shifted, such as the positioning of a buttonhole, the direction of the stripes on his tie or the buttoning of his jacket.
Object details
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Object type | |
Title | Left and Right Reflections (assigned by artist) |
Materials and techniques | Screen print in black ink on mirrored acetate sheeting |
Brief description | Print, Glynn Williams: Left and Right Reflections.Eighth of a set of eight images. 1969 |
Physical description | Eighth of a set of eight images printed on mirrored acetate. Each of the eight is a figure of a man, facing forward, in a double breasted suit carrying two briefcases one in each hand. The images form four pairs. The first of each pair is a mirror image of the second of each pair. In Circ. 96g-1974 the briefcase on the left of the image(the man's right) is lettered 'LEFT' but written backwards and the briefcase on the right of the image(the man's left) is lettered 'RIGHT' but written backwards. A button hole and pocketed handkerchief are on the left side (his right). His hair is parted on the left (his right). There are deeper shadows on the right eye (his left). |
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Production type | Limited edition |
Copy number | 4/15 |
Marks and inscriptions | Glynn Williams 69 4/15 (Signed, dated and inscribed with edition number with a scratching instrument (?a pin) at bottom right of sheet.) |
Production | Eighth of a set of eight images |
Subject depicted | |
Summary | Glynn Williams is a well known British sculptor. In the late 1960s and early 1970s he was making work that was abstract but referencing real objects. While making sculpture he also made drawings and prints which reflect the concerns manifest in his three-dimensional work. In many ways this suite of images seems outside his more formal investigations into the nature of space and perception. But at the same time they are a very direct expression of the playfulness usually found more discreetly in his work. This is from a set of eight images which show a very perplexed- looking man, smartly dressed in double-breasted suit who is having a problem with orientation. Each pair of images is a mirrored set, but each set is subtly different from the previous one, so that although one pair may at first seem identical to the last or last-but-one, it then emerges that some slight detail has shifted, such as the positioning of a buttonhole, the direction of the stripes on his tie or the buttoning of his jacket. |
Associated objects | |
Bibliographic reference | Taken from Departmental Circulation Register 1974 |
Collection | |
Accession number | CIRC.96G-1974 |
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Record created | April 11, 2008 |
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