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

easel, artist (as Subject), statue (as Subject), urn, sculpture (as Subject), Blake, William, poet, drinking, tennis, fencing, text-based work, flower, skeleton, woman, nude, top hat, broom, bottle, bow, sword, corridor, door, studio

Materials & Techniques

etching, colour etching, monoprint

Artist

Chris Orr (1943 - )

Title

Plate 6

Portfolio Title

The Life of William Blake

Edition

10/20

Date

1992

Medium

Monoprint (colour etching)

Dimensions

height: 57.50 cm, width: 47.50 cm

Acquisition

Purchased from the artist, December 1998

Inscription

bl: 10/20 br Chris Orr 1992

Provenance

Royal College of Art

GAC number

17364/7