Tony Heward, Untitled,1981
Artist: Tony Heward
Title: Untitled
Year: 1981
Medium: Print
Dimensions: H: 76cm W: 56cm
Accession Number: 251
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Bernard Green, Aber Eiddy, Pembrokeshire, 1981
Artist: Bernard Green (1931 – 1998)
Title: Aber Eiddy, Pembrokeshire
Year: 1981
Medium: Print
Dimensions: H: 41.5cm W: 53.5cm
Accession Number: 227
Adrian Henri, Souvenir of Normandy, 1981
Artist: Adrian Henri (1932 – 2000)
Title: Souvenir of Normandy
Year: 1981
Medium: Set of six screenprints
Dimensions: H: 87.2cm W:67.5 cm [For moving image, add duration]
Accession Number: 267 [1-6]
Acquisition info:
The screen-prints were produced at the Manchester Print Workshop which was once based in Salford. The University has a collection of prints from this Workshop, which exemplify the vibrancy of print-making practice in the 1980s.
Kip Gresham, Lupin Diamond, 1981
Artist: Kip Gresham (1951-)
Title: Lupin Diamond
Year: 1981
Medium: Screenprint
Dimensions: H: 86cm W: 66cm
Accession Number: 274
Cecile Elstein, A Letter from Mrs Gould, 1981
Artist: Cecile Elstein (1938-)
Title: A Letter from Mrs Gould
Year: 1981
Medium: Screenprint
Dimensions: H: 97cm W: 77cm
Accession Number: 286
Acquisition info:
Cecile Elstein was a member of the Manchester Print Workshop, which opperated out of the University of Salford from the late 1970s until the mid 1980s.
A Letter from Mrs Gould was produced in response to challenging socioeconomic conditions in Manchester and across the UK in the early 1980s. In 1981, Elstein received an unsolicited note signed by an S.Gould, reading:
“Woman needs work urgently – cleaning & domestic work – housekeeping – gardening – handywoman – will do work of any description – hours to suit you – at a rate you can afford….”
Using found papers and materials, Elstein attempted to piece together the circumstances of Gould’s precarious situation: The twenty screen-printed layers include newspaper clippings from the time, netting from a bag of oranges (with a price tag of 50p – showing rising food prices) as well as the envelope in which the letter was received. Elstein intended the final image as a reminder of the dignity, grace and tenacity of “all women involved in real communication”. Both the letter and print make up the collection object.
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Kip Gresham, Happy Cat, 1981
Artist: Kip Gresham (b. 1951)
Title: Happy Cat
Year: 1981
Medium: Screenprint
Dimensions: not known
Accession Number: 273