1796 and All That

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

car, railway, train, horse-shoe, pliers, barrel, book, cricket bat, computer, fish, dog, elephant, cat, bird, dodo, parrot, turkey (as Subject), mountain, man, walking stick, toy, teddy bear, calendar, cuckoo clock, scrubbing brush, bath plug, mirror, fork, knife, bottle, colander, plate, spoon, kitchen sink, spatula, cannon, sword, column, tower, desk, sailboat

Materials & Techniques

lithograph

Artist

Chris Orr (1943 - )

Title

1796 and All That

Portfolio Title

Twelve Artists

Edition

69/100

Date

1996

Medium

Lithograph

Dimensions

height: 56.50 cm, width: 76.00 cm

Acquisition

Purchased from the Royal College of Art, November 1998

Inscription

bl: '1796 and all that' bc: 69/100 br: Chris Orr 1996

Provenance

Royal College of Art

GAC number

17367/10