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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artist:Alasdair Gray (1935 - 2019) Scottish
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title:Erics Watching Television
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date created:1967
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materials:Acrylic, pen, ink and wash on paper
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measurements:(framed: 69.60 x 56.90 x 3.00 cm)
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object type:
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credit line:Purchased 2011
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accession number:GMA 5141
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gallery:
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artwork photographed by:Antonia Reeve
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Alasdair Gray
Alasdair Gray
The visual arts were 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 1952-57, and it was whilst there he began to write sections of what would later become his most critically acclaimed novel,...