Lichen 3

Description

Painting, entitled 'Lichen 3', in acrylic or oil painted with impasto technique, abstract image made up of vertically curving lines in shades of green, grey, white, blue and yellow, on canvas: British, by Bernat Klein, 1966

Museum reference

K.2010.94.1260

Collection

Fashion and Textiles

Object name

Painting

Production information

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

Date

1966

Materials

Canvas, Wood, Acrylic paint, Oil paint

Physical description

Painting, entitled 'Lichen 3', in acrylic or oil painted with impasto technique, abstract image made up of vertically curving lines in shades of green, grey, white, blue and yellow. Signed on the front lower right via scrape into painted surface 'Klein 66'. Painted and applied onto prepared canvas. Canvas stretched over timber frame with cross bar support. Frame painted in green-grey. Frame with sticker on upper back handwritten in ink '112 LICHEN 3', on canvas stretched over frame, handwritten in ink '26' and handwritten on frame in pencil '75'. Sticker on top of frame with inscription handwritten in ink 'PU29'.

Associations

Klein, Bernat, 1922 - 2014

Exhibitions

• Fashion and Style (08 Jul 2016)
  National Museum of Scotland

References

Klein, Bernat, 'Eye for Colour', Bernat Klein Scotland with Collins, London, 1965, p128

On display

national museum of scotland »
level 1 »
art, design and fashion, fashion and style