Prison Rainbow

Patrick Hughes (1939 - )

screenprint on paper

1976

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  • About the work
    Location
    Country: Thailand
    City: Bangkok
    Place: British Embassy
  • About the artist
    Patrick Hughes was born in Birmingham and studied art at Leeds Day Training College. His first solo show in London was held at the Portal Gallery, the week after he finished his course in 1961 and since then his work has been shown in over 150 solo exhibitions in the UK, Europe and the US including in Los Angeles and San Francisco, Chicago, Boston and New York, and In Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Holland, Belgium and Switzerland. His work is in collections in key public museums internationally including at the Tate, The Whitworth, Manchester; The V&A, London; The Arts Council; Birmingham City Museum and Art Gallery; The Nasher Museum, Duke University, US; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, US; and The Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Denmark among others.
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    Subjects
    rainbow, prison
    Materials & Techniques
    paper (as artists material), screenprint
  • Details
    Title
    Prison Rainbow
    Edition
    Number 27 in an edition of 75
    Date
    1976
    Medium
    screenprint on paper
    Dimensions
    height: 106.7 cm; width: 83.7 cm; depth: 4.0. cm
    Acquisition
    Transferred from the Human Tissue Authority, June 2021
    Inscription
    recto: inscribed by the artist '27/75 Prison Rainbow' Patrick Hughes 76', bottom left to right
    GAC number
    19014