Inset Wheels

Michael Rothenstein (1908 - 1993)

Colour linocut, photolithograph, metal relief and halftone blocks on filter paper

1965

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  • About the work
    Location
    Country: Nigeria
    City: Abuja
    Place: British Embassy
  • About the artist
    Michael Rothenstein was born in London, the youngest son of the painter Sir William Rothenstein. Michael’s early career began as a landscape watercolourist, but he developed into one of the foremost printmakers of his generation. In the 1920s he studied at the Chelsea and Central Schools of Art in London; but up to 1940 he suffered a debilitating illness that impeded his work. In 1940 he was commissioned by The Pilgrim Trust to produce records of areas in Britain for the Recording Britain project. After the foundation of his studio in Essex, he established a career as a print maker who mastered numerous techniques, from linocuts to screen printing and etching. His work was exhibited and published internationally, including shows in New York, Tokyo and Vienna. In 1977 he was elected President of the Printmakers Council, and in 1983 was elected a Royal Academician. He died in Braintree, Essex at the age of eighty-five.
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    Subjects
    wheel, abstract
    Materials & Techniques
    mixed method print, linocut, colour linocut, lithograph, photolithograph, halftone, relief (art technique)
  • Details
    Artist
    Michael Rothenstein (1908 - 1993)
    Title
    Inset Wheels
    Series Title
    Two Circles Series
    Edition
    22/30
    Date
    1965
    Medium
    Colour linocut, photolithograph, metal relief and halftone blocks on filter paper
    Dimensions
    height: 45.00 cm, width: 82.50 cm
    Acquisition
    Purchased from Editions Alecto, June 1967
    Inscription
    below image: 22/30 / Michael Rothenstein
    GAC number
    7898