MADRON WOODCUTS
UNTITLED 1998
Sir Terry Frost (1915 – 2003)
Details
- Dimension
- 84.2 X 34.3 CM
- Media
- WOODCUT
- Accession number
- P7174-P7183
Summary
This project derived from a proposed commission for the Ministry of Transport building in London. The artist had envisaged a number of friezes for the bare walkways around each floor; in the event the work was never realised. Madron Woodcutstook one of three maquettes as it starting point. The title refers to a village near Frost’s home in Cornwall, the most south westerly county in England.
The portfolio was proofed by Hugh Stoneman, and printed by Stone Graphics in Cornwall. It was published in an edition of 35.
In Print Contemporary Art from the Paragon Press, The British Council 2001 Text © Patrick Elliott
Further reading:
Contemporary Art in Print, Booth Clibborn Editions, London 2001. Texts by Jeremy Lewison and Patrick Elliott, foreword by Charles Booth-Clibborn
Glossary
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Contemporary
Existing or coming into being at the same period; of today or of the present. The term that designates art being made today.
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Edition
All copies of a book, print, portfolio, sculpture, etc., issued or produced at one time or from a single set of type. Printed works can be made in an edition of between one and many thousands of copies. With most printing techniques the plate or screen will become worn if very many prints are made, so to maintain quality (and exclusivity) editions of original prints are usually kept below one hundred copies and normally average between thirty and fifty copies. Prints made up of several different plates can be extremely complicated and time-consuming to edition, so in these cases editions are kept low for practical reasons. Sculptural editions are a set of cast sculptures taken from the same mould or master. These editions are usually much lower, consisting of no more than six casts. Though each cast in an edition might have a lower value than a unique piece, it may be a more effective way of offsetting costs of an expensive process such as bronze casting.
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Portfolio
A set of pictures (as drawings, photographs or prints) either bound in book form or loose in a folder. These can be by the same artist or individual works by a selection of artists. The term also refers to the folder which holds the set.