Posts tagged: Screenprint

Dennis Hawkins, And in the Evening the Ocean Came Towards Them, 1973

Artist: Dennis Hawkins, (1925 – 2001)

Title: And in the Evening the Ocean Came Towards Them

Year: 1973

Medium: Screenprint

Dimensions: H: 57cm W: 75cm

Accession Number: 125


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.

Adrian Henri, Souvenir of Normandy I, 1981, print. Courtesy the artist’s estate. Photography by Museums Photography North West.
A collage-like screen print on cream paper with abstract dark sketches in the top right and lower centre. In the top left is a reproduction of a monocrome photograph of sheep in a field. Below is a small sketch on a white rectangle of paper showing a figure. There is a scrap of a red, white and brown label in the lower right corner.
Adrian Henri, Souvenir of Normandy II, 1981, print. Courtesy the artist’s estate. Photography by Museums Photography North West.
An abstract, collage like screenprint on a cream background. In the upper centre is a blue sketch of a tree line. Below this to the left is a scrap of a cutting reading 'gissem' in burgandy on white. To the right of this is a sketch on a white rectangle depicting a memorial statue. In the bottom right is a depiction of a simple purple flower with a green stem.
Adrian Henri, Souvenir of Normandy III, 1981, print. Courtesy the artist’s estate. Photography by Museums Photography North West.
A screenprint on cream depicts two simple trees in the upper left. Below this in the centre there is French text in red, over abstract green and brown marks, reading, ' "A la renommee de la Brioche d'Antan" A.Lanchon 1, rue Saint-Jaques Dippe' before becoming obscured by the marks.
Adrian Henri, Souvenir of Normandy IV, 1981, print. Courtesy the artist’s estate. Photography by Museums Photography North West.
A collage like screenprint on cream with an abstract landscape sketch in grey. In the top left there is a simple depiction of a flower with pink petals and a yellow stem. In the centre left is a depiction of sardines in a tin with the lid peeled back to reveal them. In the bottom right corner there is a scrap of print with bold lettering in white on blue.
Adrian Henri, Souvenir of Normandy V, 1981, print. Courtesy the artist’s estate. Photography by Museums Photography North West.

Kip Gresham, Lupin Diamond, 1981

Artist: Kip Gresham (1951-)

Title: Lupin Diamond

Year: 1981

Medium: Screenprint

Dimensions: H: 86cm W: 66cm

Accession Number: 274


Keith Richardson-Jones, Counterpoint 2, 1970

Artist: Keith Richardson-Jones (1925 – 2005)

Title: Counterpoint 2

Year: 1970

Medium: Screenprint

Dimensions: H: 123.5cm W: 89cm

Accession Number: 165


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.

Read more here.


Joe Tilson, Clip-o-Matic Che (Vallegrande Bolivia, October 10th), 1969

Artist: Joe Tilson (1928-)

Title: Clip-o-Matic Che (Vallegrande Bolivia, October 10th)

Year: 1969

Medium: Silkscreen with collage on paper, acetate and metalzed polyester

Dimensions: H: 93.5cm W: 72cm

Accession Number: 128


Gilberte Brilliant, Hausser les Épaules, 1965

Artist: Gilberte Brilliant

Title: Hausser les Épaules

Year: 1965

Medium: Screenprint

Dimensions: H: 90.5cm W: 71.5cm

Accession Number: 105