Napkin and Onions
About this artwork
This screenprint is one of four images which share stripey wallpaper backdrops. The series was printed by Chris Prater (1924–1996) at Kelpra Studios in 1972. Working with Patrick Caulfield’s carefully constructed images, Prater was the technician who made the magic happen. The uniform flatness of colour that could be achieved in screenprinting suited Caulfield’s synthetic abstraction. This still life is radically simplified, with all trace of gesture removed from the finished image.
Published November 2023
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artist:Patrick Caulfield (1936 - 2005) English
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title:Napkin and Onions
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date created:1972
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materials:Screenprint on paper (4/72)
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measurements:86.80 x 66.30 cm (paper 100.40 x 74.60 cm)
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credit line:Purchased 1972
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accession number:GMA 1265
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Patrick Caulfield
Patrick Caulfield
Caulfield was born in London and studied at Chelsea School of Art and the Royal College of Art, London. He had his first solo exhibition in 1965. Together with artists like Paolozzi, Hockney and Tilson, Caulfield formed the core of the British Pop Art movement, although he often claimed to dislike...
