Robert Adams

Whiteprint

1971

© The estate of Robert Adams

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In Tate Britain

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Artist: Robert Adams 1917–1984
Medium: Blind embossed print on paper
Dimensions: Image: 184 × 322 mm
Collection: Tate
Acquisition: Purchased 1986
Reference: P77151

Catalogue entry

P77151 Whiteprint 1971

Embossing 184 × 322 (7 1/4 × 12 5/8) on wove paper 391 × 596 (15 3/8 × 23 1/2); printer and publisher not known, edition of 25
Inscribed ‘Robert Adams 71. 15/25’ below image b.r.
Purchased from Mrs Pat Adams, the artist's widow (Grant-in-Aid) 1986
Exh: Robert Adams: A Sculptor's Record, Tate Gallery (Archive Display), Sept.–Dec. 1992
Lit: Frances Carey and Antony Griffiths, Avant-Garde British Printmaking 1914–1960, exh. cat., British Museum 1991, pp.198–201

Published in:
Tate Gallery: Illustrated Catalogue of Acquisitions 1986-88, London 1996