'Casino Royale (Sculpture de Voyage)', Rodney Graham

Artwork details

Artist

Rodney Graham (born 1949)

Title

Casino Royale (Sculpture de Voyage)

Date 1990

MediumBook, lithograph on paper, Perspex, stainless steel and cardboard box

Dimensionsoverall display dimensions variable

Collection

Tate

Acquisition Purchased with funds provided by the Mary Joy Thomson Bequest 2005

Reference

T11934

Not on display

Summary

A typewritten sheet of instructions signed by the artist accompanies Casino Royale (Sculpture de voyage). In this text the artist describes the components of the work as follows: ‘1 copy of CASINO ROYALE by Ian Fleming (Coronet Books) / 1 display case comprising inner frame, stainless steel casing, 2 pcs colored plexiglass / 1 mounting plate / 3 screws / 1 screwdriver / 1 full color poster 90 x 57 cm’.

The large, framed colour poster listed on the instruction sheet offers a view of a hotel room. A drawing of a shallow, rectangular box has been added to the image, as if fixed to the wall at the head of the bed… (read more)