About this artwork
Martin changed from painting flat, realist works to distinctly abstract compositions in 1949. His earliest abstract paintings and prints were built up from a sequence of constructive movements. This print was inspired by the pattern of cells in a dragon-fly’s wing reproduced in D’Arcy Thompson’s book On Growth and Form. At the time of making this print, Martin was working in collage, which with its flat, cut-out and layered shapes lends itself perfectly to development in lithography.
Updated before 2020
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artist:Kenneth MartinEnglish (1905 - 1984)
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title:Abstract
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date created:1950
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materials:Colour lithograph
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measurements:32.00 x 25.70 cm
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credit line:Bequeathed by Mr Ken Powell 2006 [received 2008]
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accession number:GMA 5065
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artwork photographed by:Antonia Reeve
Kenneth Martin
Kenneth Martin
Kenneth Martin trained as a graphic illustrator and painter. Born in Sheffield, he studied at the School of Art in the city and later at the Royal College of Art in London. It was here that he met Mary Balmford, who later became his wife and with whom he enjoyed a fruitful creative partnership....
