Water Tower Project

Location

Country: USA
City: New York
Place: UK Mission to the United Nations

Rachel Whiteread was born in London and studied at Brighton Polytechnic and the Slade School of Art. One of the most established artists of her generation (labelled by the media ‘YBAs’, or Young British Artists), she is known for her sculptures of negative spaces of domestic objects. She was the first woman to win the Turner Prize in 1993 and in 1997 represented Britain at the Venice Biennale. She has produced several commissions, including 'Monument' (2001) for Trafalgar Square’s Fourth Plinth in London and 'Embankment' (2005–06) at Tate Modern. Her work is represented in international public collections from London to Sydney. Whiteread was made a Commander of the British Empire (CBE) in 2006 and Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in 2019.

Places

United States of America, New York

Subjects

ladder, topography, townscape/cityscape, water tower

Materials & Techniques

acrylic varnish, screenprint

Artist

Rachel Whiteread (1963 - )

Title

Water Tower Project

Edition

30/35

Date

1998

Medium

Screenprint with acrylic varnish

Dimensions

height: 63.50 cm, width: 50.90 cm

Acquisition

Purchased from Anthony d'Offay Gallery, March 1998

Inscription

below image: [left] 30/35 [centre] Water Tower Project [right] R. Whiteread

Provenance

the artist; purchased from Anthony d'Offay Gallery March 1998.

GAC number

17317