Catalogue entry
Joe Tilson b. 1928
P03261 TRANSPARENCY, THE FIVE SENSES, TASTE 1969
Not inscribed.
Screen-printed and vacuum formed acrylic sheet with perspex, 58×58×1½ (147.5×147.5×4).
Presented by Marlborough Fine Art (London) Ltd 1970.
The artist has written (letter of 3 July 1970):
'The first time I used this particular mouth image was in the screenprint:
*“TRANSPARENCY, CLIP-O-MATIC LIPS.”
Screenprint on paper and acetate film with metallised film. 1967.
28×20 in./71.1×50.8 cm.
Edition 70.
*(Incorrectly titled in Marlborough printed catalogue.)
'It is the beginning of a series of prints, multiples and editions called “Transparencies” which vary from small (12"×12") images of Gagarin, Che Guevara, etc… (read more)
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