Trade Tattoo

Archive Collection Detail

Using the Technicolor system Lye transformed existing black and white footage by adding colour, words and patterns.

This is one of a series of Len Lye films reprinted by the National Film Unit to form part of the 1980 Auckland Art Gallery exhibition ‘Len Lye: A Personal Mythology’.

Title

Trade Tattoo

Artists

Len Lye

Production Date

1980 {reprint}1937 {original}

Credit Line

E H McCormick Research Library, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki

Accession No

RC2015/5/1/8/4

Restriction type

Restricted Access

Copyright

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