Joe Tilson
Sun Mantra
About this artwork
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artist:Joe Tilson (24/08/1928 - 09/11/2023) English
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title:Sun Mantra
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date created:Dated 1979
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materials:Etching and aquatint on paper, with string, metal clip and hand painted stencil plate (2/75)
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measurements:74.50 x 83.60 cm (paper 87.00 x 96.80 cm) (framed: 111.00 x 157.20 x 3.20 cm)
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object type:
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credit line:Purchased 1980
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accession number:GMA 2159
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Joe Tilson
Joe Tilson
Born in London, Tilson worked as a carpenter and joiner from 1944 to 1946. After serving in the Royal Air Force until 1949, he studied at St Martin's School of Art and the Royal College of Art, London. Tilson first produced wooden reliefs in the late 1950s. In the 1960s he was associated with Pop...