About this artwork
La Maigre Adeline (from Sickert's Shadow Portfolio), 2006, Etching with aquatint and spitbite Julie Roberts created this print as one of a series of five for the ‘Sickert’s Shadow Portfolio’ in 2006. In this suite of prints, Roberts explores the theory raised by several writers that British artist Walter Sickert (1860–1942) could have been the serial killer known as Jack the Ripper. This print derives its title and composition from ‘La Maigre Adeline’, (thin Adeline), a painting made by Sickert in 1906, depicting a nude model in a Paris hotel room. Sickert had a fascination with the darker side of Victorian life and even titled a painting of his own room ‘Jack the Ripper’s Bedroom’ (1907). When seen in this new context, Roberts’ retelling of Sickert’s motif takes on a chilling quality.
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artist:Julie Roberts (born 1963) Welsh
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title:La Maigre Adeline (from Sickert's Shadow Portfolio)
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date created:2006
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materials:Etching with aquatint and spitbite
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measurements:Paper 38.00 x 30.50 cm (Plate mark 22.50 x 17.60 cm)
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credit line:Gift 2015
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accession number:GMA 5533 E
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Julie Roberts
Julie Roberts
Roberts was born in Fflint, Wales. She studied at Wrexham School of Art, Central St Martin's School of Art and Design and Glasgow School of Art. Roberts established her name with paintings exploring the history of medicine, images of medical instruments, apparatuses and clothing, such as operating...