Northern Guernica
Print
1986 (printed)
1986 (printed)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Francesc Torres' work is influenced by his personal history and his political convictions. This print, Northern Guernica, relates to the fire-bombing of Dresden by the British air force during the Second World War. The print is based on a post-war photograph of the view from the top of Dresden's City Hall. The brooding figure on the right was one of the few pieces of statuary that escaped destruction. The title is a deliberate reference to a similar incident of atrocity during the Spanish Civil War, a subject immortalised by Picasso's monumental painting Guernica. Torres (born Spain, 1948) believes that art which deals with social or political issues "serves as a point of departure for reflection on the kind of world we live in." (1988)
Object details
| Category | |
| Object type | |
| Title | Northern Guernica (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Aquatint and sugar-lift |
| Brief description | Print, Northern Guernica, Francesc Torres, 1986 |
| Physical description | Print, a caped and hooded figure on the right is looking at cartoon-like spider-type creature on the left, the word Dresden is written back-to-front at the bottom edge. |
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| Copy number | 37/75 |
| Credit line | Given by the American Friends of the V&A through the generosity of Mindy and Ramon Tüblitz |
| Object history | The Rutgers Archives for Printmaking Studios was established at the Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum in 1982 as a repository for prints and supplementary materials relating to an outstanding group of contemporary American printmaking workshops. They commissioned and in some cases published the prints. This print is one of a group purchased over a period of years by Mr and Mrs Ramon Tüblitz, and subsequently donated to the V&A through the American Friends of the V&A. Mr Tüblitz is a Trustee of the Zimmerli Art Museum. |
| Summary | Francesc Torres' work is influenced by his personal history and his political convictions. This print, Northern Guernica, relates to the fire-bombing of Dresden by the British air force during the Second World War. The print is based on a post-war photograph of the view from the top of Dresden's City Hall. The brooding figure on the right was one of the few pieces of statuary that escaped destruction. The title is a deliberate reference to a similar incident of atrocity during the Spanish Civil War, a subject immortalised by Picasso's monumental painting Guernica. Torres (born Spain, 1948) believes that art which deals with social or political issues "serves as a point of departure for reflection on the kind of world we live in." (1988) |
| Other number | LOAN:AMERICANFRIENDS.496-2007 - Previous loan number |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.346-2012 |
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| Record created | August 14, 2008 |
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