Storytime

Location

Country: USA
City: Chicago
Place: British Consulate-General

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

Subjects

book, reading (as Subject), boy, man, girl, doll, lamp, fairy tale, fireplace, domestic interior, bench, lamp-stand, chair

Materials & Techniques

lithograph

Artist

Rachel Whiteread (1963 - )

Title

Storytime

Portfolio Title

The House of Fairy Tales

Edition

24/60

Date

2008

Medium

Lithograph

Dimensions

height: 30.20 cm, width: 36.20 cm

Acquisition

Purchased from The House of Fairy Tales / Livestock Market Ltd., June 2008

Inscription

below image: 24/60 / R.W.

Provenance

The House of Fairy Tales (trading as Livestock Market Ltd), London

GAC number

18191/22