Slow Learner

Maker

(artist)
born 1947

(printmaker)
born 1947

(publisher)

Title

Slow Learner

Date of Production

2007

Dimensions

Height: 31.5 cm (plate size)
Width: 23.5 cm (plate size)

Accession Number

G.2013.XX.4

Mode of Acquisition

Linda Karshan, gift, 2013

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

© Linda Karshan

Location

Not currently on display

Related Works

Number 1 from the 'Slow Learner' series Number 2 from the 'Slow Learner' series Number 3 from the 'Slow Learner' series Number 4 from the 'Slow Learner' series Number 5 from the 'Slow Learner' series Number 6 from the 'Slow Learner' series Number 7 from the 'Slow Learner' series Number 8 from the 'Slow Learner' series Number 9 from the 'Slow Learner' series Number 10 from the 'Slow Learner' series Number 11 from the 'Slow Learner' series Number 12 from the 'Slow Learner' series Number 13 from the 'Slow Learner' series Number 14 from the 'Slow Learner' series Number 15 from the 'Slow Learner' series Number 16 from the 'Slow Learner' series Number 17 from the 'Slow Learner' series Number 18 from the 'Slow Learner' series Number 19 from the 'Slow Learner' series Number 20 from the 'Slow Learner' series Number 21 from the 'Slow Learner' series Number 22 from the 'Slow Learner' series Number 23 from the 'Slow Learner' series Number 24 from the 'Slow Learner' series Number 25 from the 'Slow Learner' series Number 26 from the 'Slow Learner' series Number 27 from the 'Slow Learner' series Number 28 from the 'Slow Learner' series Number 29 from the 'Slow Learner' series Number 30 from the 'Slow Learner' series Number 31 from the 'Slow Learner' series Number 32 from the 'Slow Learner' series

Label Text

This portfolio of 32 prints was the result of a concentrated period of activity over just a few days and essentially charts Karshan’s exploration of the medium of drypoint. There is a meditative quality to the secession of sheets which move from simple rectangles to more complex gridded forms and back again to compositions of sparse simplicity. There is also a development within the portfolio in terms of Karshan’s growing confidence with her technique and media that registers in the quality of her line, which changes subtlety across the 32 prints (hence the title, Slow Learner). The portfolio is an important statement of Karshan’s artistic approach more broadly, with its emphasis upon process, repeated practice, poise and balance.

Provenance

Gift of Linda Karshan 2013

Inscriptions

Inscription: 7/12

Inscription: Karshan '07

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