6228 Plus: Cry on my Shoulder, No Sad Songs etc. (from Zero Energy Experimental Pile Series)

Catalogue entry

P01960 WORKING PROOF FOR 6228 PLUS: CRY ON MY SHOULDER, NO SAD SONGS ETC 1969–70

Not inscribed
Photolithograph (proof) for ‘Zero Energy Experimental Pile’, printed at Advanced Graphics, published by Petersburg Press in an edition of 100, 29 3/4 × 19 3/4 (75.5 × 50.2)
Presented anonymously through the Friends of the Tate 1980

‘Zero Energy Experimental Pile’ 1969–70 (op.cit., nos.57–62) is a set of six prints in which four-colour process photolithography is used. Paolozzi modified the colour separations and then added screenprinting and acetate lamination. This proof appears to be a colour trial of the photolithograph stage: the final version of this image is in garish but more naturalistic colours.

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

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