Live Auction 5941Modern British and Irish Art Day Sale
Joe Tilson (b. 1928)
Lot 128

Joe Tilson (b. 1928)

Transparency, Astronaut Seat (E)

Closed13 December 2012

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GBP 26,250

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Joe Tilson (b. 1928)
Transparency, Astronaut Seat (E)
signed, dated and inscribed 'Joe Tilson 1968./TRANSPARENCY, ASTRONAUT SEAT (E) "1968/SCREEN ON ACRYLIC & ACRYLIC ON WOOD RELIEF/122 X 122 X 5 cm' (on the reverse)
silk screen on acrylic in an acrylic painted wood relief frame
48 x 48 x 2 in. (122 x 122 x 5 cm.)

Kassel, Documenta 4, June - October 1968. Hannover, Galerie Brusberg, Brusberg Berichte, Joe Tilson, October - December 1968.

Specialist note

Transparency, Astronaut Seat was a series of works completed by Tilson in 1968. Transparency, Astronaut Seat (C) is in the collection of Tate, London.

This work reflects the huge interest of this period in the space race. Tilson juxtaposes the screenprint of the astronaut with the hand-painted wooden frame, recalling his early career in the 1940s as a carpenter and joiner.