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University of Salford Art Collection: Catalogue

Welcome to the University of Salford Art collection online catalogue (beta version).

You can browse the collection by medium, collecting strand or artist name using the tabs above, or search the whole catalogue by keyword. Alternatively, enjoy a randomly generated selection of the whole catalogue below – hit refresh for a new selection.

We’re launching with a highlight of our newly digitised Albert Adams special collection – ahead of our symposium about his life and work on Weds 9th March.

The full collection includes over 800 items which we are continuing to digitise and upload in the coming months – make sure to check back regularly for further updates and features!

Find out more about the collection here. To learn more about our wider programme – including new commissions, upcoming exhibitions, events, opportunities, and more, please visit our main site – or find us on socials/email below. We welcome your feedback and enquiries!

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Abstract screenprint, arch, lines, rainbow shape, grey and pink
Pat Eason, Untitled (Pink), 1980
chalk pastel drawing of building
Harold Riley, Building by the Railway, Trafford Park - tribute to Edward Hopper, 1976
A monochrome computer generated image showing a simplistic figure in the centre of a plain, with the traces of bouncing tennis ball paths
aaajiao, Tennis for None, 2016
an abstract painting, with shapes resembling a shirt collar.
Louise Giovanelli, Collar IV, 2016
black and white drawing showing an ape riding on the back of a four-legged skeleton
Albert Adams, Ape on a Skeletal Figure: Darfur, 2004
A monotype print depicting Christ on the cross with minimal lines. In the bottom right a figure reaches up towards him.
Albert Adams, Christ with Veronica, 1956
urban, street, alleyway, city, black and white
Harold Riley, Back Entry, Salford, 1975
portrait of elderly lady
Harold Riley, Hannah Smith, who at 109 was the oldest woman in Britain, 1971
An abstract teal blue print with pale delicate swirls in the bottom left corner, and rectangular shapes in shades of teal, blue, and accenting yellow, warping around a small oval pocket of plain blue in the middle.
Charles Bartlett, Blue Foreshore, 1970.
Harold Riley, HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, 1st Chancellor 1967-90.
A white page with small lettering in the centre in black and red ink, reads anagrams of the phrase 'the war on terror'
Thomson & Craighead, The War on Terror, 2016
study of forest, nature, trees
John Nash, Rendlesham Forest, near Oxford, Suffolk, 1973
An abstract screenprint showing distorted floor tiles. From a series of 100 unique relief prints, taken directly from the stone flag surface of the derelict 5th floor of Islington Mill.
Maurice Carlin, Temporary Custodians: 53, 2016
An etching with a dark grey background, depicts an oldfashioned oil lamp burning. The flame at the center is the brightest park of the image, the outlines and details of the lamp redered through dark lines.
Albert Adams, Lamp (Incarceration), 2002
black and white mixed media, window
Harold Riley, Window in Chadderton, 1975
A landscape format black rectangle, with a very small image of planet earth in the centre.
Mishka Henner, Selfie, 2017
a black and white drawing depicting an ape riding on the back of a human figure
Albert Adams, Ape on a Standing Man, 2001
A woodcut panel shows a depiction of the artist. The artist has carved the outline of the form into the wood, and used black and white pigments to build in shadow and highlight, particularly on the hands. The right hand touching the figure's cheek, and the left hand clasped round the right wrist.
Albert Adams, Self Portrait, 1958
an abstract geometric painting in green, blue, beige and orange
Bridget Riley, Frieze, 2000.
An expressive painting depicting a landscape in shades of browns and greys. The sky is a murky beige with the silhouette of a factory imposed in the distance.
Ian Henderson, The Quarry, 2010
A print depicting a monkey, atop the shoulders of a figure. Both have their arms crossed in front of them. The monkies hands are tinted pink, the other figure wears a yellow tie with green stripes.
Albert Adams, The Circus (Portfolio), 2006

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