Plate 4
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About the work
- Location
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Country: UK
City: London
Place: Government Art Collection
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About the artist
Born in London, Chris Orr studied at Ravensbourne College of Art, Hornsey, and the Royal College of Art (RCA). He later taught at the RCA and at the Ruskin School of Art in Oxford. In 1971, he held his first solo exhibition at the Serpentine Gallery and has exhibited regularly at the Thumb Gallery, London. In 1998, Orr was appointed Professor of Printmaking at the RCA, a position he held for ten years. He was awarded an MBE in 2008 for services to printmaking.
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Explore
- Places
- Subjects
- spanner, artist (as Subject), printing press, Blake, William, poet, text-based work, cat, woman, spectacles, walking stick, studio
- Materials & Techniques
- etching, colour etching, monoprint
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Details
- Artist
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Chris Orr (1943 - )
- Title
- Plate 4
- Portfolio Title
- The Life of William Blake
- Edition
- 10/20
- Date
- 1992
- Medium
- Monoprint (colour etching)
- Dimensions
- height: 58.00 cm, width: 47.30 cm
- Acquisition
- Purchased from the artist, December 1998
- Inscription
- bl: 10/20 br: Chris Orr 1992
- Provenance
- Royal College of Art
- GAC number
- 17364/5