Lanzarote

Description

Framed painting in shades of red, pink, green and purple in oil paint and black chalk or charcoal, image abstracted from photograph of an Iresine plant, the fourth of seven related images in different media, produced in the development of the Lanzarote pattern: Scotland, Galashiels, by Bernat Klein, 1979

Museum reference

K.2010.94.1157.4

Collection

Fashion and Textiles

Object name

Painting

Production information

Klein, Bernat, 1922 - 2014, Artist
Galashiels, Selkirkshire, Scotland, Northern Europe

Date

1979

Materials

Wood, Perspex, Metal, Paper, Oil paint, Chalk

Physical description

Painting on paper or card mounted on wooden board under clear perspex. Painted in shades of red, pink, green and purple in oil paint, black chalk or charcoal. Image is abstracted from photographic reproduction of an Iresine plant (K.2010.94.1157.1). Back of wooden mount with notes handwritten in ink 'Lanzarote / Bernat Klein', '4', 'Top' and a length of wire covered in green plastic attached to two metal loops. Perspex attached to front of mount by eight metal clips and screws.

Associations

Lanzarote, Canary Islands, Spain, Southern Europe