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Albert Adams

a semi-abstract oil painting showing an unidentified animal drinking water from a small pond.

Albert Adams, Wild Animal Drinking, 1980

Artist: Albert Adams, (1929 – 2006) Title: Wild Animal Drinking Year: 1980 Medium: Oil on Canvas Dimensions: H:126cm W:108cm Accession Number: US2012-20 Acquisition info: Gift from Edward Glennon, 2012. Supported by the ArtFund. This work is part of our Albert Adams Special Collection.

A abstract and monotone etching depicts the twisted forms of figures.

Albert Adams, Abu Ghraib, 2004

Artist: Albert Adams (b. 1929 – d. 2006) Title: Abu Ghraib Year: 2004 Medium: Etching and Aquatint Dimensions: 83.5 cm x 64 cm Accession Number: US2013-55 Acquisition info: Gift from Edward Glennon, 2013. Supported by the ArtFund. This work is part of our Albert Adams Special Collection.

An abstracted figure is depicted through incisions onto the board. The figure is sat in profile, with one arm resting on their bent legs, the other under their chin, tilting their head back. The impression of a third arm rests between the two as if in motion. The face has one eye completed blacked out, and one light, the figure has shoulder length hair, and a short fringe.

Albert Adams, Figure Study, 1955

Artist: Albert Adams (b. 1929 – d. 2006) Title: Figure Study Year: 1955 Medium: Charcoal on Woodcut Panel, Oil Paint on Reverse Dimensions: 60 cm x 45 cm Accession Number: US2012-158 Acquisition info: Gift from Edward Glennon, 2012. Supported by the ArtFund. This work is part of our Albert Adams Special Collection.

A monotone etching depicting an abstracted and pale distorted figure, leant against a wall, and falling fowards, their feet at the centre front of the image.

Albert Adams, What? and When, 2006

Artist: Albert Adams (b. 1929 – d. 2006) Title: What? and When Year: 2006 Medium: Etching Dimensions: 76 cm x 56 cm Accession Number: US2012-87 Acquisition info: Gift from Edward Glennon, 2012. Supported by the ArtFund. This work is part of our Albert Adams Special Collection.

A monotone etching and aquatint depicting the distorted profile of a figure from he shoulders up, hanging upsidown into the centre of the image from above. In the background on the right, a large eye looks in at a barred window. Bold lines show the walls and furniture in the background, and a protrusion from the figure's mouth.

Albert Adams, The Prisoner II, 2002

Artist:Albert Adams (b. 1929 – d. 2006) Title: The Prisoner II Year: 2002 Medium: Etching and Aquatint Dimensions: 84.5 cm x 69 cm Accession Number: US2012-85 Acquisition info: Gift from Edward Glennon, 2012. Supported by the ArtFund. This work is part of our Albert Adams Special Collection.

A monotone etching and aquatint depicting the artist, a mixed race man, looking off towards the left, one hand resting agaisnt his cheek, the other on his chest. The bold outlines of his features, including the side of his face, hair, nose, mouth, and details on his hands apear paler than the rest of the image. The figure appears distorted.

Albert Adams, Self Portrait, 1961

Artist: Albert Adams (b. 1929 – d. 2006) Title: Self Portrait Year: 1961 Medium: Etching and Aquatint Dimensions: 83 cm x 63 cm Accession Number: US2012-74 Acquisition info: Gift from Edward Glennon, 2012. Supported by the ArtFund. This work is part of our Albert Adams Special Collection.

A monotone charcol drawing, depicting a distorted skull floating in the upper left of the page. An upsidown figure, visible from the nose up, with short, curly hair peers through bars in. A bird, only the head and top of it's wings, reaches down towards the figure.

Albert Adams, Prisoner, Bird & Skull

Artist: Albert Adams (b. 1929 – d. 2006) Title: Prisoner, Bird & Skull Year: Unknown Medium: Charcol on Paper Dimensions: 63.5 cm x 80 cm Accession Number: US2012-70 Acquisition info: Gift from Edward Glennon, 2012. Supported by the ArtFund. This work is part of our Albert Adams Special Collection.

A monotone etching and aquatint, depicting a figure peering around a wall. Their hand grasps the wall, and their dark face peers, just one eye visible, around the corner.

Albert Adams, The Prisoner (Figure Peering Around A Wall), 1998

Artist:Albert Adams (b. 1929 – d. 2006) Title: The Prisoner (Figure Peering Around A Wall) Year: 1998 Medium: Etching and Aquatint Dimensions: 53.5 cm x 55.5 cm Accession Number: US2012-69 Acquisition info: Gift from Edward Glennon, 2012. Supported by the ArtFund. This work is part of our Albert Adams Special Collection.

A monotone etching and aquatint, depicting two locusts mating, one on top of the other in the centre, with a pale full moon in the background to the right.

Albert Adams, Locusts Mating Full Moon, 2001

Artist: Artist: Albert Adams (b. 1929 – d. 2006) Title: Locusts Mating Full Moon Year: 2001 Medium: Etching and Aquatint Dimensions: 86 cm x 66.5 cm Accession Number: US2012-66 Acquisition info: Gift from Edward Glennon, 2012. Supported by the ArtFund. This work is part of our Albert Adams Special Collection.

A lithograph depicting a pale oval face with large blank eyes, the other features are only hinted at through shading, including the long nose, downturned smile, and hollow cheeks. Lines surround the head, suggesting light beams eminating from it.

Albert Adams, Head – Final State, 1956

Artist: Albert Adams (b. 1929 – d. 2006) Title: Head – Final State Year: 1956 Medium: Lithograph Dimensions: N/A Accession Number: US2012-60 Acquisition info: Gift from Edward Glennon, 2012. Supported by the ArtFund. This work is part of our Albert Adams Special Collection.

An etching depicting two disembodied, distorted heads, one looking down at the other.

Albert Adams, The Prisoner (Incarceration), 2002

Artist: Albert Adams (b. 1929 – d. 2006) Title: The Prisoner (Incarceration) Year: 2002 Medium: Etching and Aquatint Dimensions: 69 cm x 84.8 cm Accession Number: US2012-45 Acquisition info: Gift from Edward Glennon, 2012. Supported by the ArtFund. This work is part of our Albert Adams Special Collection.

A colourful oil painting depicting a vase of pink and white lilies with thin green leaves, against a yellow and blue background.

Albert Adams, Lilies, 2000

Artist: Albert Adams (b. 1929 – d. 2006) Title: Lilies Year: 2000 Medium: Oil on Canvas Dimensions: 106 cm x 80.5 cm Accession Number: US2012-19 Acquisition info: Gift from Edward Glennon, 2012. Supported by the ArtFund. This work is part of our Albert Adams Special Collection. Image Description: A colourful oil painting depicting a vase of […]