Plate 01 from the 'Here's Flowers' series

Maker

(artist)
born 1962

(publisher)

Title

Plate 01 from the 'Here's Flowers' series

Date of Production

2006

Medium

Ink on paper

Dimensions

Height: 54.8 cm
Width: 40.2 cm

Accession Number

G.2010.XX.10

Mode of Acquisition

Charles Booth-Clibborn, gift, 27.5.2010

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

© Gary Hume. All Rights Reserved, DACS 2023

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords


Label Text

For this series of linocuts Hume took the hackneyed subject of flowers as his theme, investing it with new vitality through his bold use of colour and extreme close-ups. By presenting a magnified view of a flower, the image takes on a mysterious and unfamiliar aspect.

Provenance

Information not yet known or updated

Exhibition History

The Courtauld Collects - 20 Years of Acquisitions, Somerset House & London & England, 17/06/2010-19/09/2010

Literature

Ed. Florian Simm, Contemporary Art in Print: The publications of Charles Booth-Clibborn and his imprint The Paragon Press 2006-2010, London: The Paragon Press 2012
325-326
Fig. p. 71; 72

Inscriptions

Inscription: inscription : printed : lower margin & recto : :

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