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Swan Ice Death

Print
1966 (made)
Artist/Maker

Colour lithograph entitled 'Swan Ice Death'. The design consists of a grid with the squares in the lower two-thirds printed in a lilac-coloured ink. In the upper third of the grid, the squares are printed in yellow ink with orange diffused over it. Along the line where the upper and lower part of the grid meets the violet ink, along with freehand lines printed in black, merge with the orange and yellow printed squares.

Object details

Category
Object type
TitleSwan Ice Death (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Colour lithographic print
Brief description
Colour lithograph entitled 'Swan Ice Death'. Artist's proof by Ray Whewell; published by the London Arts Group, 1966.
Physical description
Colour lithograph entitled 'Swan Ice Death'. The design consists of a grid with the squares in the lower two-thirds printed in a lilac-coloured ink. In the upper third of the grid, the squares are printed in yellow ink with orange diffused over it. Along the line where the upper and lower part of the grid meets the violet ink, along with freehand lines printed in black, merge with the orange and yellow printed squares.
Dimensions
  • Height: 55.2cm
  • Width: 43cm
Dimensions taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1967. London: HMSO, 1968.
Production typeArtist's proof
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Ray Whewell Aug. 66 ' (Signed and dated in pencil)
  • 'Swan Ice Death' 'H/C. ' (Inscribed)
Credit line
Given by the London Graphic Art Associates
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1967 . London: HMSO, 1968.
Collection
Accession number
E.6-1967

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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