Black Sun

Ernest Alfred Dunn (1937 - )

Colour relief etching

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  • About the work
    Location
    Country: Turkey
    City: Ankara
    Place: British Embassy
    In this semi-abstract print, a black disc peers from behind a series of textured, multi-coloured, horizontal bars. Dunn’s etching remains primarily an example of the careful balancing of colour, shape and texture for which his two-dimensional work is known. Produced in the mid 1960s as part of an edition of 50, this print was purchased for the Government Art Collection in 1967.
  • About the artist
    Ernest Alfred Dunn, born in Yorkshire, is a printmaker and sculptor. He studied initially at the Barnsley and Leeds Schools of Art before going on to the Royal College of Art in London where he later taught, and went on to become a senior tutor. He exhibited his abstract forms and lithographs regularly at Redfern Gallery in London and also extensively in Germany and Italy. His works are in museums including the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, The Victoria and Albert Museum, Manchester City Art Gallery and the Yorkshire Sculpture Park.
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  • Details
    Artist
    Ernest Alfred Dunn (1937 - )
    Title
    Black Sun
    Edition
    21/50
    Date
    Medium
    Colour relief etching
    Acquisition
    Purchased from Editions Alecto, October 1965
    Inscription
    below image: [left] Black Sun 21/50 [right] Ernest A. Dunn
    GAC number
    L84