Whispering Hope
Denys Watkins, Artist
This is one of the
prints
in our collection.
It was made in 1975. The place where it was made is unknown.
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Object Detail
About the Work
Working
with
the
tradition
of
Surrealism
and
Pop
art,
Watkins'
constructed,
ready-made
images
are,
as
Gordon
H.
Brown
noted,
'a
setting
for
the
banality
of
conventional
life
where
allusions
to
the
dreams
and
reality
of
romance
abound'.
Measurements
Image 285 x 440mm
Frame 640 x 790mm
Frame 640 x 790mm
Media
screenprint on paper
Description
Print of a weatherboard pink house with a red roof, a wild untrimmed green hedge is in front of the house, a pink wooden shed is to the left with a tall green tree between the house and shed. The sky is an aqua colour.
Credit Line
Collection of the Sarjeant Gallery Te Whare o Rehua Whanganui. Purchased, 1981.
Collection Type
Permanent collection
Acquisition Date
26 Mar 1981
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Accession Number:
1981/6/1