Summary
A Curious Carrot is one of a set of five intaglio prints in an edition of twenty-five that are collectively titled Curious. Primarily a sculptor, this portfolio constitutes Richard Deacon's second foray into printmaking and was embarked upon some four years after he produced his first series of prints, Muzot in 1987 (Tate P77252-P77255). The other four prints in the set are titled A Curious Potato (Tate P11441), A Curious Apple (Tate P11443), Another Curious Potato (Tate P11444) and Another Curious Carrot (Tate P11445).
The etchings are based on the artist's childhood memories of photographs reproduced in the Strand magazine of the 1880s. Deacon's grandmother had a set of bound copies that he and his siblings would pore over for hours on end. The magazine featured photographic portraits of leading public figures, as well as amateur photographs of vegetables whose strange shapes recall human features… (read more)
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