Plate 01 from the 'Here's Flowers' series
Maker
(artist)
born 1962
(publisher)
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
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
325-326
Fig. p. 71; 72
Inscriptions
Inscription: inscription : printed : lower margin & recto : :
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