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Patrick CaulfieldI'll take my life monotonous from "Some Poems of Jules Laforgue" graphic pop art1973
1973
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Printed in glossy purple, lavender, and bright yellow, I'll take my life monotonous by Patrick Caulfield depicts a lattice outlined in black, with three small dots of yellow. A garden lattice or perhaps the lattice covering the edges of a front porch, and the repeating diamond shapes evoke moments or days passing, each one identical. The synthetic paper, slick surface, and bright colors reflect a Pop art aesthetic.
When invited by Petersburg Press to make a limited edition book, Caulfield’s first choice was the French poet Jules Laforgue. Caulfield’s brilliant colors, characteristic black outlines and quality of printing make this one of the most vivid artists’ books of the period. The screenprints complement rather than illustrate the Laforgue poems, with the melancholy atmosphere of Caulfield’s images finding a direct equivalent in Laforgue’s poetry.
Neobond paper 24 x 22 in. / 62 x 56 cm.
Image 16 x 14 in. / 40.5 x 30.5 cm.
Screenprint on Neobond paper. Edition 100: this impression a proof aside from the edition. Signed by the artist lower right in pencil.
One of twenty-two screenprints from the “Some Poems of Jules Laforgue” book and portfolio publication, this impression a signed proof from the Edition C portfolio of 100. The image also appears in the bound volumes Edition A (English text) edition 200, and Edition B (French text) edition 200.
Catalogue reference: Patrick Caulfield: The Poems of Jules Laforgue, Arts Council 1995, no. 1
Patrick Caulfield: The Complete Prints 1964-1999, Alan Cristea Gallery 1999, no. 38a
Copies of this screenprint are in the collection of Tate, London; Arts Council, London; National Gallery of Australia, Canberra;; Harry Ransom Center, University of Texas, Austin
- Creator:Patrick Caulfield (1936 - 2005, British)
- Creation Year:1973
- Dimensions:Height: 24 in (60.96 cm)Width: 22 in (55.88 cm)
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- Condition:Very faint handling discoloration along either side of the front of the sheet. The back of the sheet has two faint black smudges at the edge of the sheet top right edge and bottom right edge. The screenprint has been in archive storage since 1973.
- Gallery Location:New York, NY
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU121124688592
Patrick Caulfield
Patrick Joseph Caulfield was born on 29th January, 1936 in Acton, London. He left Acton Secondary Modern at the age of 15, and secured a position as a filing clerk at Crosse and Blackwell, later transferring to the design studio. At 17, he joined the Royal Air Force at RAF Northwood. He attended evening classes at Harrow School of Art (later adopted into the University of Westminster). From 1956-59 he attended the Chelsea School of Art, and from 1960-1963 the Royal College of Art.
During his time at the Chelsea School of Art, Caulfield won two prizes, one of which funded a trip to Crete following his graduation. Caulfield was inspired by the Minoan frescoes and the bright colours of Crete. After leaving the Royal College of Art, where his contemporaries had included David Hockney and Allen Jones, he exhibited at the New Generation show at London’s Whitechapel Gallery, where he was recognised for his associations with the pop art movement. Caulfield sought to shrug off this branding, seeing himself as a “formal artist”.
Certainly, within a decade, Caulfield had ventured away from pop art associations, incorporating more detailed, realistic elements into his work; After Lunch (1975) is an early example of the realist-figurative style he developed over his career. Caulfield later returned to his earlier, more stripped down style of painting, and often – such as in Still Life: Autumn Fashion – combined elements of the two.
Caulfield was nominated for the Turner Prize for his show The Artist’s Eye at the National Gallery in London in 1987. He began to paint to commission around this date; notably designing the stained glass window for The Ivy restaurant, a 12 metre carpet for the British Council’s headquarters in Manchester and set designs for Part Game and Rhapsody at the Royal Opera House. In 1996 his solo gallery at the Claudine Papillon in Paris was highly acclaimed, as was his solo exhibition at the Hayward Gallery in London in 1999. In 1996 he was made a CBE and in 2010, Caulfield was included in an exhibition at the Yale Centre for British Art entitled The Independent Eye: Contemporary British Art from the Collection of Samuel and Gabrielle Lurie. Recent exhibitions have included the 2006 solo exhibition at the Tate Liverpool, the 2006 Special Summer Exhibition show at the Royal Academy (RA) London, and a solo exhibition of his prints at the Alan Cristea Gallery. In 2013 the Tate Britain held an exhibition featuring work from throughout his career. His work is collected in the British Council, London Tate Gallery, Victoria and Albert Museum, Dallas Museum of Art, Harry N Abrams Collection in New York and the National Gallery of Australia, among others.
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