Location

Country: UK
City: London
Place: Government Art Collection

Born in London, Chris Orr studied at Ravensbourne College of Art, Hornsey, and the Royal College of Art (RCA). He later taught at the RCA and at the Ruskin School of Art in Oxford. In 1971, he held his first solo exhibition at the Serpentine Gallery and has exhibited regularly at the Thumb Gallery, London. In 1998, Orr was appointed Professor of Printmaking at the RCA, a position he held for ten years. He was awarded an MBE in 2008 for services to printmaking.

Places

Subjects

urn, vase (as Subject), book, rest/sleep, mountain, man, woman, walking stick, candle, plant pot, cuckoo clock, scrubbing brush, stove, towel, mirror, jug, window, domestic interior, curtain, chest of drawers, bed, chair

Materials & Techniques

etching, colour etching, aquatint

Artist

Chris Orr (1943 - )

Title

“Was That John?”

Portfolio Title

The Ruskin Portfolio

Edition

22/75

Date

1972

Medium

Colour etching and aquatint

Acquisition

Purchased from Thumb Gallery, October 1977

Inscription

below image: 22/75 / "Was that John?" / Chris Orr 1972

GAC number

13482