Alasdair Gray
Erics Watching Television
About this artwork
This work was commissioned by the professional photographer Eric Thorburn. It shows him sitting in his Glasgow flat with his youngest son on his lap. Gray has noted that during the same sitting he also drew Eric’s elder son, which may have been part of this work. The slightly unbalanced composition may, therefore, be due to the original work being divided in two when Eric separated from his first wife.
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title:Erics Watching Television
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accession number:GMA 5141
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materials:Acrylic, pen, ink and wash on paper
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date created:1967
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measurements:(framed: 69.60 x 56.90 x 3.00 cm)
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credit line:Purchased 2011
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photographer:Antonia Reeve
Alasdair Gray
Alasdair Gray
The visual arts have always been central to Alasdair Gray’s life, but he achieved recognition first and foremost as a writer. He originally studied at Glasgow School of Art (GSA), from 1952-7, and it was whilst there he began to write sections of what would later become his most critically…
