Mausoleum under Construction

Location

Country: UK
City: London
Place: Ministry of Defence, Main Building, Whitehall

Rachel Whiteread was born in London and studied at Brighton Polytechnic and the Slade School of Art. One of the most established artists of her generation (labelled by the media ‘YBAs’, or Young British Artists), she is known for her sculptures of negative spaces of domestic objects. She was the first woman to win the Turner Prize in 1993 and in 1997 represented Britain at the Venice Biennale. She has produced several commissions, including 'Monument' (2001) for Trafalgar Square’s Fourth Plinth in London and 'Embankment' (2005–06) at Tate Modern. Her work is represented in international public collections from London to Sydney. Whiteread was made a Commander of the British Empire (CBE) in 2006 and Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in 2019.

Places

United States of America, California

Subjects

topography, townscape/cityscape, tomb/sepulchre/mausoleum

Materials & Techniques

screenprint

Artist

Rachel Whiteread (1963 - )

Title

Mausoleum under Construction

Portfolio Title

London

Edition

15/65

Date

1992

Medium

Screenprint

Dimensions

height: 71.00 cm, width: 88.50 cm

Acquisition

Purchased from The Paragon Press, October 1997

Inscription

below image: 5/65 / Mausoleum under construction / R.Whiteread

GAC number

17274/10