October Bloom II
Maker
Sir Frank Bowling
born 1934
born 1934
Title
October Bloom II
Date of Production
2022
Medium
Polymer gravure print
Dimensions
Height: 58.6 cm
Width: 81 cm
Width: 81 cm
Accession Number
G.2022.XX.2
Mode of Acquisition
Charles Booth-Clibborn, gift, 2022
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
© Frank Bowling. All Rights Reserved, DACS 2023
Location
Not currently on display
Label Text
In his recent prints, Frank Bowling translates the intense colour and surface texture of his 'poured paintings' into a different medium. Based on Bowling's painting Octoberbloom II, first shown at the Royal Academy in 2011, this print reflects on notions of illness and healing, as Bowling found himself needing to work on a smaller scale whilst recovering from illness.
This rich and technically complex polymer gravure was made on two plates with relief printing and deep etching, sixteen colours of ink and hand-finished with varnish. The technique gives the layered ribbons and pools of dazzling colour that span the centre of the sheet a palpable physical presence, allowing them to stand proud on the surface of the paper like a cascade of spilled paint.
This rich and technically complex polymer gravure was made on two plates with relief printing and deep etching, sixteen colours of ink and hand-finished with varnish. The technique gives the layered ribbons and pools of dazzling colour that span the centre of the sheet a palpable physical presence, allowing them to stand proud on the surface of the paper like a cascade of spilled paint.
Notes
Gift from Charles Booth-Clibborn in honour of Deborah Swallow
Provenance
Charles Booth-Clibborn/ Paragon Press, 2022 (created)
Exhibition History
From the Baroque to Today: New Acquisitions of Works on Paper, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 23/02/2024-27/05/2024
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