About this artwork
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artist:Sir Roland PenroseEnglish (1900 - 1984)
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title:Birth of an Island
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date created:1983
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materials:Collage with gouache and ink on card (collage of postcards, scrap paper, coloured paper, printed paper and tin foil)
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measurements:53.00 x 78.50 cm
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object type:
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credit line:Presented by Mr Antony Penrose 1995
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accession number:GMA 3913
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Sir Roland Penrose
Sir Roland Penrose
Penrose was born in London into a well-to-do artistic family. He moved to France in 1922 where he was subsequently introduced to members of the surrealist group, and also to Picasso, who became a good friend. During the 1930s Penrose formed the finest private collection of cubist and surrealist art...