Patrick Caulfield

Two Whiting

Two Whiting by Patrick Caulfield

Artwork Detail

Caulfield was a reticent man who was diffident about being associated with any particular art movement. In much of his early work he adopted the anonymous technique of the sign painter, dispensing with visible brushwork and distracting detail and simplifying the representation of objects to a basic black outline in order to present ordinary images as emblems of a mysterious reality. The scale of Two Whiting, and the contrast between colour and the sea of white in which the still life objects float, creates a similar affect. (Andy and Friends, 1999)

Title
Two Whiting
Artist/creator
Patrick Caulfield
Production date
1971
Medium
screenprint
Dimensions
1105 x 1533 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1975
Accession no
1975/44/2
Copyright
Copying restrictions apply
Department
International Art
Display status
Not on display

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