Still Life at Millbank

1980

In Tate Britain

Prints and Drawings Room

View by appointment

Artist: Gordon House 1932–2004
Medium: Screenprint on paper
Dimensions: Image: 483 x 635 mm
Collection: Tate
Acquisition: Presented by Rose and Chris Prater 1980
Reference: P05561

Catalogue entry

P05561 STILL LIFE AT MILLBANK 1980

Inscribed ‘Gordon House 80’ bottom right and ‘Still Life at Millbank’
Screenprint, from the Kelpra/Tate Gallery Portfolio, printed at Kelpra Studio and published by Kelpra Editions and the Tate Gallery in an edition of 150, 19×25 (48.2× 63.5)
Presented by Rose and Chris Prater 1980
Lit: Gene Baro, Gordon House Editions 1961–81, (exh. catalogue), New York 1981, no.125

This image follows a series of etchings and lithographs made in 1978–9 in which individual shapes similar to those grouped in this print are used, in equally rich solid colours, against a gridded, textured ground. For information about the portfolio see Patrick Caulfield, P05560.

Published in:
The Tate Gallery 1980-82: Illustrated Catalogue of Acquisitions, London 1984