Body and Soul
Print
1990 (printed and published)
1990 (printed and published)
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The starting point for much of the work of sculptor Anthony Gormley (born 1950) is his own body. This image is part of his Body and Soul portfolio, which is composed of nine prints made with different parts of his body, in this case his mouth. To make the print, Gormley pressed his mouth into a soft etching ground covering a metal printing plate. His lips would have picked up the ground where his mouth pressed into it, leaving the metal exposed. Immersion in acid bites the image into the metal plate. The area surrounding the mouth mark has been filled in with aquatint, another method of etching.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Body and Soul (series title) |
| Materials and techniques | Soft- and hard-ground etching on paper |
| Brief description | Print by Antony Gormley, untitled plate from a portfolio of 9 entitled 'Body and Soul', soft ground and hard ground etching, printed by Hope Sufferance Studio, published by Paragon Press, Great Britain, 1990 |
| Physical description | An etching showing the impression made by the artist's mouth into the etching ground. The impression appears as a white mark on a black ground. |
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| Copy number | 30/30 |
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| Summary | The starting point for much of the work of sculptor Anthony Gormley (born 1950) is his own body. This image is part of his Body and Soul portfolio, which is composed of nine prints made with different parts of his body, in this case his mouth. To make the print, Gormley pressed his mouth into a soft etching ground covering a metal printing plate. His lips would have picked up the ground where his mouth pressed into it, leaving the metal exposed. Immersion in acid bites the image into the metal plate. The area surrounding the mouth mark has been filled in with aquatint, another method of etching. |
| Associated object | E.1591-1991 (Series) |
| Bibliographic reference | Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints, Drawings and Paintings Accession Register for 1991 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.1590-1991 |
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| Record created | January 21, 2003 |
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