White Horse, Woodhenge - Original Erching by Joe Tilson - 1976 1976

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White Horse, Woodhenge is a black and white etching on rosaspina Fabriano watermarked paper, realized in 1976 by the English … Read more White Horse, Woodhenge is a black and white etching on rosaspina Fabriano watermarked paper, realized in 1976 by the English pop artist, Joe Tilson. Hand-signed, dated and numbered in pencil on lower margin. Edition of 100 prints. In excellent conditions. From the Wessex Portfolio, a collection of seven etchings with aquatint and six screenprinted poems on rosaspina paper by Joe Tilson, this contemporary original print represents a white horse in a primitive style on a black foreground, a ''εpεkalov'' prepresented ina detailed way as in the naturalistic essays, and a woodhenge, as it is reported on the right of each etchings. Composed by three different etchings, each of these titled on the right margin, the general composition is a wonderful final effect. A copy of the same print is preserved at the Tate Gallery. Joe Tilson (London, 1928 -) The English sculptor and painter was trained at St. Martin's School of Art and at the Royal College of Art in London. Obtained the Prix de Rome (1955), it was in Italy until 1957; later he taught in various English art schools and at the School of visual art in New York (1966). He is among the protagonists of English pop art, Joe Tilson. has experimented with various materials such as paints, wood, Acrylic glass, and various techniques, from collage to photomontage, to engraving, reaching, in the Sixties, original solutions with the series of paintings and constructions inspired by the interlocking games of children (Key series -box; Spiral-box; etc.) or the theme of the ziqqurat. his works today are found at the Tate Gallery in London, at the Museo de arte in San Paolo, at the Kunsthalle in Basel, etc. See less