Awaiting location update
Titles
East End
Maker(s)
Draughtsman:
Mason, Robert
Entities
Categories
Description
Support consists of six sheets of paper, laid down in two groups of three upon each other, and upon the mount. The whole then covered with white ground.
Notes
History note: Given by the artist to the donor, on his fortieth birthday
Production date:
AD 1973-02-27
Materials used in production
Ink
Black ink
Red ink
Brown ink
White bodycolour
Graphite
Components of the work
Support
composed of
paper
( laid down)
Support Size
Height 210 mm
Width 134 mm
Whole Drawing
Height 210 mm
Width 267 mm
Techniques used in production
Drawing
: Graphite, pen with red, brown and black ink, thick white ground, over typewritten lettering and an illustration printed in offset lithography, on 2 pieces of paper, laid down on a sheet of paper each, laid down on mount
Offset lithography
Inscription or legends present
- Text: (?) Hamburg Feb 1st - March 4th
- Location: Left-hand sheet, top
- Method of creation: Black ink
Inscription present: the words 'soft figures"' and 'Puppen wurden', circled in red ink; to the right of the fifth line, the following handwritten in black ink: 'title from book'; the whole covered with white wash
- Text: Fine Reihe von Zeichnungen, die ich / während meiner Dozententätigkeit / in Gainsville/Florida gemacht habe, / basieren auf einigen "soft figures" / Diese Puppen wurden für mein / Seminar von einem Studenten herge - / stellt. Ich meine, das der Charakter / dieser Figuren über die Wutzlos g- / keit des Vietnamkrieges und über / die Zerwürfnisse in der amerikani- / schen Gesellschaft mehr aussagt, / als es jemals mit einem Aktmodell / in diesem Zusammenhang möglich wäre. / Von Skizzen und Fotos aus / unserer Seminararbeit habe ich dann / in London eine Mappe von Zaich- / nungen zusammengestellt. Die Arbeiten / sind meinen Studenten in Gainsville / gewidmet. / Robert Mason
- Location: Left-hand sheet, upper half
- Method of creation: Printed black ink
- Text: Gainsville figures
- Location: Left-hand sheet, centre right
- Method of creation: Graphite
- Text: Mason
- Location: Left-hand sheet, lower right
- Method of creation: Black ink
- Type: Signature
- Text: 27/2/73.
- Location: Left-hand sheet, lower right, following the above
- Method of creation: Black ink
- Type: Date
- Text: For Ted on his 40th Birthday
- Location: Left-hand sheet, bottom left
- Method of creation: Black ink
- Text: EAST END
- Location: Right-hand sheet, bottom right
- Method of creation: Black ink
Identification numbers
Accession number: PD.400-1995
Primary reference Number: 33600
Stable URI
Audit data
Created: Saturday 6 August 2011
Updated: Monday 3 August 2020
Last processed: Tuesday 13 June 2023
Associated departments & institutions
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
