Sculpture and the Decorative in Britain and Europe: Seventeenth Century to Contemporary

344 Pages·2020·34.671 MB·English

by  Imogen Hart (editor), Claire Jones (editor)

List of Figures
1.1 Harry Bates (1850–99), Pandora, exhibited 1891. Marble, ivory
and bronze on marble base. 106 × 54 × 78.5 cm. © Tate,
London 2019 3
1.2 Jean-Charles Develly (1783–1862), Service des Arts Industriels:
les sculpteurs et les garnisseurs (1823–35). Detail. Sèvres, Cité de
la céramique. Photo © RMN-Grand Palais (Sèvres, Cité de la
céramique) / Martine Beck-Coppola 8
2.1 Abel Schrøder junior, Altarpiece, 1667, Skt Morten, Næstved.
Photo: Margit Thøfner 20
2.2 Interior view of Skt Morten, Næstved. Photo: Margit Thøfner 21
2.3 Abel Schrøder junior, Altarpiece, 1667, Skt Morten, Næstved.
Detail showing grotesque beneath left niche of ‘Christ Washing
the Apostles’ Feet’. Photo: Margit Thøfner 21
2.4 Abel Schrøder junior, Altarpiece, 1661, Holmens Kirke,
Copenhagen. Photo: Margit Thøfner 22
2.5 Hans Brüggemann, Altarpiece, 1514–21, St-Petri-Dom, Schleswig
(originally carved for the Augustinian church at Bordesholm).
Photo: Frank Vincentz; Creative Commons 28
2.6 Dieterich Buxtehude, Organ part, first page (‘An filius non est
Dei . . .’, cantata, BuxVW6). University Library, Uppsala 31
2.7 Abel Schrøder junior, Altarpiece, 1667, Skt Morten, Næstved.
Diagrammatic view indicating narrative scenes and top figure.
Photo: Margit Thøfner 34
2.8 Abel Schrøder junior, Altarpiece, 1667, Skt Morten, Næstved.
Detail showing ‘Christ Washing the Apostles’ Feet’, flanked by
Saints Matthew and John. Photo: Margit Thøfner 35
2.9 Abel Schrøder junior, Altarpiece, 1667, Skt Morten, Næstved.
Detail showing ‘Last Supper’. Photo: Margit Thøfner 37
2.10 Abel Schrøder junior, Altarpiece, 1667, Skt Morten, Næstved.
Detail showing ‘Last Supper’ (below), ‘Christ Washing the
Apostles’ Feet’ (above). Photo: Margit Thøfner 38
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2.11 Abel Schrøder junior, Altarpiece, 1667, Skt Morten, Næstved.
Detail showing grotesque above the central niche of ‘Christ
Washing the Apostles’ Feet’. Photo: Margit Thøfner 39
3.1 J. D. Petersen, Drawing of figurehead for the corvette Galathea,
1832, pencil, 9.89 × 14.72 cm. M/S Museet for Søfart, Helsingør 48
3.2 Christen Christensen, The Thorvaldsen Medal, 1838, silver, D 6.1
cm. Thorvaldsens Museum, Copenhagen 49
3.3 Nicobarese representation of the corvette Galathea, c. 1846, wood,
L 170 cm. National Museum, Copenhagen 50
3.4 The Alexander Room, Christiansborg Palace, Copenhagen. Photo:
Mikkel Grønlund 50
3.5 Model of figurehead for the corvette Galathea, 1832, wax, 49 × 45
cm. Tøjhusmuseet, Copenhagen 54
3.6 J. D. Petersen, Drawing of ornamentation for corvette ‘Galathea’,
1832, 128.5 × 33 cm. Søetatens Tegningssamling G3022.
Rigsarkivet, Copenhagen 54
3.7 C. W. Eckersberg (design), J. D. Petersen (sculptor), Figurehead
for the corvette ‘Fortuna’, 1825, wood. Krigsmuseet, Copenhagen.
Photo: Thomas Quine 56
3.8 Franz Heinrich, Sala del Thorvaldsen, Rome, 1845, pen and brown
ink, watercolour and white gouache on paper, 27.5 × 33.5 cm.
Thaw Collection, Cooper-Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum 61
3.9 Stato delle Casse spedite in Danimarca dal Sig. Commendator
Thorvaldsen sulla Corvetta La Galatea di S. M. Danese (detail),
1833. Thorvaldsens Museum Archive, Copenhagen, m34, nr.41 65
3.10 Jørgen Sonne, Frieze on Thorvaldsens Museum, 1846–50. Detail
showing the figurehead of the Rota. Thorvaldsens Museum,
Copenhagen. Photo: Torben Retboll 67
3.11 Henta board from the Nicobar Islands, n.d., areca palm spathe,
92.2 × 95.7 × 3 cm. British Museum, London 71
4.1 Charles Robert Cockerell and Harvey Lonsdale Elmes, St George’s
Hall, Lime Street, Liverpool, Merseyside, 1841–56. Conway Library
© Courtauld Institute of Art, London 84
4.2 Charles Robert Cockerell and Harvey Lonsdale Elmes, St George’s
Hall, Liverpool: the Great Hall. Photo: Katie Faulkner 84
4.3 Harvey Lonsdale Elmes, Contract design for St George’s Hall and
the Assize Courts, Lime Street, Liverpool: interior elevation, section
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and plan of an interior, 1840, black and white drawing. Courtesy
of RIBA Collections 87
4.4 George Abel Blouet, Restauration des thermes d’Antonin Caracalla
(Paris: F. Didot, 1828), Plate XV. Cadbury Research Library,
Special Collections, University of Birmingham 88
4.5 Charles Robert Cockerell (drawn by G. E. Goodchild), Fantasy of
St George’s Hall, Liverpool, under Construction, c. 1854. National
Museums Liverpool 89
4.6 Charles Robert Cockerell, The Professor’s Dream, 1848, pencil, pen
and grey ink, with scratched highlights, 112 × 171 cm. © Royal
Academy of Arts, London; photographer: Prudence Cuming
Assoc. Ltd 90
4.7 Charles Robert Cockerell, Idea for the frontispiece of a public
building in England, 1843, lithograph. © Royal Academy of Arts,
London; photographer: Prudence Cuming Assoc. Ltd 92
4.8 After Charles Robert Cockerell and attributed to Alfred Stevens,
The Sculptured Pediment of St George’s Hall, Liverpool, c. 1850,
lithograph. © Royal Academy of Arts, London; photographer:
Prudence Cuming Assoc. Ltd 93
4.9 Charles Robert Cockerell and Harvey Lonsdale Elmes, The Great
Hall, St George’s Hall, Liverpool, Merseyside, 1841–56. Conway
Library © Courtauld Institute of Art, London 99
4.10 Charles Robert Cockerell (architect), J. E. Goodchild (sculptor),
Fortitude, 1841–56, plaster. Conway Library © Courtauld
Institute of Art, London 103
5.1 Armand Rassenfosse, Poster for the Brussels branch of The Fine
Art and General Insurance Company Ltd, c. 1896, lithograph,
Impr. Auguste Bénard, Liège. Antwerp, Collectie Stad Antwerpen,
Letterenhuis. Photo: Letterenhuis, Antwerp 114
5.2 Théo Van Rysselberghe, Poster for Le quatrième Salon de La Libre
Esthétique, 1897, lithograph, Impr. Monnom, Brussels. Antwerp,
Collectie Stad Antwerpen, Letterenhuis. Photo: Letterenhuis,
Antwerp 116
5.3 Antoine Théodore Privat-Livemont, Poster for the annual
Exhibition of the Cercle artistique de Schaerbeek, 1897,
lithograph in six colours, Impr. Trommer & Staeves, Brussels.
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Antwerp, Collectie Stad Antwerpen, Letterenhuis. Photo:
Letterenhuis, Antwerp 119
5.4 Charles Lefébure, Maria van de Velde-Sèthe in the dining room
of Villa Bloemenwerf, Ukkel, holding George Minne’s Kleine
Gekwetste II (bronze, 1898), 1898–1900, photograph. Brussels,
Archives et Musée de la Littérature. © AML (Archives et Musée
de la Littérature) © Sabam Belgium 120
5.5 Antoine Théodore Privat-Livemont, Poster Ville de Bruxelles.
Fêtes Nationales et communales de 1899, 1898–9, lithograph,
Impr. O. de Rycker, Brussels. Brussels, City Archive, ASB Affiches
2035. Photo: Archief van de Stad Brussel 121
5.6 Antoine Théodore Privat-Livemont, Poster Orfèvrerie d’art Miele
& Co., Brussels, 1901–2, lithograph. Private collection, Brussels.
Photo: Vincent Everarts, 2019 122
5.7 José Dierickx, Poster for the 8th Salon of Pour l’Art (8ème
exposition annuelle de peintures, sculptures et art appliqué), 1900,
lithograph, Impr. Vve Monnom, Brussels. Antwerp, Collectie Stad
Antwerpen, Letterenhuis. Photo: Letterenhuis, Antwerp 123
5.8 Antoine Théodore Privat-Livemont, La Sculpture, lithograph,
1900–1, lithograph, 50 x 31.9 cm. Private collection, Brussels.
Photo: Vincent Everarts, 2019 125
5.9 Charlotte Besnard née Dubray, Ceres or Persephone, high relief
polychrome glazed stoneware produced by Emile Muller, 1895. 74
x 64 x 40 cm. In memory of John F. Paramino, Boston Sculptor.
Boston, Massachusetts, Museum of Fine Arts, inv. 1998.401.
Photo © 2020 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 131
5.10 Sophie Bürger-Hartmann, Vide-poche, c. 1899, bronze and ivory.
Private collection. (Auction Artcurial, Paris, 9 October 2018, lot
50). Photo: Artcurial 132
6.1 William Goscombe John, Corn Hirlas, 1898, silver, horn, precious
gemstones, approx. 60 × 40 × 60 cm. Henry Dixon & Son
Photographers. © Amgueddfa Genedlaethol Cymru – National
Museum of Wales 144
6.2 William Grant Murray, Gorsedd in Singleton Park, Swansea, 1926,
lithograph, 23.8 × 23.8 cm. Reproduced by kind permission of
Peter Lord. While this image shows a later procession in Swansea,
it gives the general idea of the procession in Cardiff 147
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6.3 T. H. Thomas, Arlunydd Pen-y-garn, The Herald Bard’s Order
of the Gorsedd of the Bards’ Circle of Stones, 1901, pen and ink
on paper, dimensions unspecified. Amgueddfa Cymru National
Museum Wales. © Amgueddfa Genedlaethol Cymru – National
Museum of Wales 148
6.4 Benjamin Stone, Welsh Eisteddfod Regalia & Officers, c. 1906,
Corn Hirlas centre front, black and white photograph. ©
Historical Images Archive/Alamy Stock Photo 149
6.5 William Goscombe John, Medal for the National Eisteddfod
Association (top and bottom centre), modelled 1898, medal
material and dimensions unspecified, unknown photographer,
Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museums Wales. © Amgueddfa
Genedlaethol Cymru – National Museum of Wales 150
6.6 William Goscombe John, The Elf, 1898, photographed at the St
Fagans National Museum of History c. 1950, black and white
photograph, Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museums Wales. ©
Amgueddfa Genedlaethol Cymru – National Museum of Wales 152
6.7 Frederic Leighton, Athlete Wrestling with a Python, 1877, bronze,
176.4 × 98.4 × 109.9 cm, Tate London, presented by the Trustees
of the Chantrey Bequest, 1877. © Tate, London 2019 155
6.8 Henry Wilson, The Chamberlain Casket, 1903, silver with gold,
moon stone, wood, rock crystal and enamel, 57.1 × 49.5 × 42.5
cm, Birmingham Museums Trust, 1957 M295. Birmingham
Museums Trust 158
7.1 Phyllis Bone, Elephant, stone. Scottish National War Memorial,
Edinburgh, 1927. Photo: Antonia Reeve Photography,
Edinburgh, UK 168
7.2 Entrance to the Shrine showing stone sculptures by Charles
Pilkington Jackson. Scottish National War Memorial, Edinburgh,
1927. Photo: Antonia Reeve Photography, Edinburgh, UK 171
7.3 Alice Meredith Williams, detail of first left-hand panel of bronze
frieze. Scottish National War Memorial, Edinburgh, 1927. Photo:
Antonia Reeve Photography, Edinburgh, UK 172
7.4 View of the Shrine showing bronze angels by Alice Meredith
Williams around the casket and Williams’s bronze frieze in the
background. Scottish National War Memorial, Edinburgh, 1927.
Photo: Antonia Reeve Photography, Edinburgh, UK 173
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7.5 Alice Meredith Williams, St Michael, wood with paint and gilding.
Scottish National War Memorial, Edinburgh, 1927. Photo:
Antonia Reeve Photography, Edinburgh, UK 177
7.6 Douglas Strachan, detail of seventh stained glass window,
showing parents mourning dead child. Scottish National War
Memorial, Edinburgh, 1927. Photo: Antonia Reeve Photography,
Edinburgh, UK 180
7.7 Douglas Strachan, detail of second stained glass window,
showing Adam and Eve mourning Abel. Scottish National War
Memorial, Edinburgh, 1927. Photo: Antonia Reeve Photography,
Edinburgh, UK 181
7.8 Douglas Strachan, detail of fourth stained glass window, showing
a pair of soldiers. Scottish National War Memorial, Edinburgh,
1927. Photo: Antonia Reeve Photography, Edinburgh, UK 182
7.9 Douglas Strachan, detail of battle scene in sixth stained glass
window, showing disembodied limbs and severed heads. Scottish
National War Memorial, Edinburgh, 1927. Photo: Antonia Reeve
Photography, Edinburgh, UK 183
7.10 Douglas Strachan, detail of battle scene in seventh stained
glass window, showing severed heads. Scottish National War
Memorial, Edinburgh, 1927. Photo: Antonia Reeve Photography,
Edinburgh, UK 184
8.1 Milly Steger, Four Female Nudes (Vier weibliche Akte), 1911, stone.
Façade, Municipal Theatre, Hagen. Bildarchiv Foto Marburg;
photographer: Andreas Lechtape 2013 191
8.2 Milly Steger, Dancer (Tanzende), 1918, bronze. Collection
Karl H. Knauf, Berlin. Photograph: G. Ladwig 196
8.3 Renée Sintenis, Kneeling Deer (Kniendes Reh), c. 1913, bronze.
Reproduced in: Deutsche Kunst und Dekoration 38 (1916),
between pages 191 and 194. © DACS 2019 198
8.4 Renée Sintenis, Foal, Looking Right (Rechtsblickendes Fohlen),
1917, bronze. Collection Karl H. Knauf, Berlin. Photograph: B.
Sinterhauf. © DACS 2019 200
8.5 Apartment of Berlin art dealer Alfred Flechteim, Bleibtreustrasse
15, Berlin-Charlottenburg, 1929. Photograph: TopFoto / Ullstein
Bild; photo: Zander & Labisch 202
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9.1 Henri Laurens, photograph, c. 1903. Photo and copyright:
Archives Laurens 216
9.2 Raymond Duchamp-Villon, Maquette for the Maison Cubiste’s
façade exhibited at the Salon d’automne, photograph, 1912. Photo
© Centre Pompidou, MNAM-CCI Bibliothèque Kandinsky, Dist.
RMN-Grand Palais / Fonds Famille Duchamp 218
9.3 Robert Mallet-Stevens, Maquette for Jacques Doucet’s villa
showing the entrance by Henri Laurens, photograph, 1921. ©
Musées de la Ville de Boulogne-Billancourt 223
9.4 Henri Laurens, Portico for Jacques Doucet’s villa, 1921–4. ©
ADAGP, Paris and DACS, London 2019 224
9.5 Maquette for the entrance of Jacques Doucet’s villa, showing
Henri Laurens’s portico and sculpture, 1921–4. Photo
Bibliothèque de l’Institut national d’histoire de l’art, collections
Jacques Doucet, 268 U 1. © ADAGP, Paris and DACS, London 2019 225
9.6 Robert Mallet-Stevens and Paul Ruaud, Pavillon de l’Aéro-Club
at the Salon d’automne, 1922, showing Henri Laurens’s sculpture
fused with the watchtower. Photo Bibliothèque de l’Institut
national d’histoire de l’art, collections Jacques Doucet, 4 Per Res
47. © ADAGP, Paris and DACS, London 2019 226
9.7 Henri Laurens, Relief in the hall of the Villa Noailles, Hyères,
photograph by Thérèse Bonney. © The Regents of the University
of California, The Bancroft Library, University of California,
Berkeley. © ADAGP, Paris and DACS, London 2019 227
9.8 Henri Laurens, Relief in Mallet-Stevens’s hall for an ambassador’s
house at the Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs, 1925.
Paris, musée des Arts décoratifs © MAD, Paris. © ADAGP, Paris
and DACS, London 2019 228
9.9 Henri Laurens, Suspended Figure for Le Corbusier’s Pavillon des
Temps Nouveaux, 1937 (L2-13-118-001). © FLC/ ADAGP, Paris
and DACS, London 2019 230
9.10 Le Corbusier, sketch relating to the Unité d’Habitation in
Marseille, December 1948 (5435). © FLC/ ADAGP, Paris and
DACS, London 2019 232
10.1 Meret Oppenheim (1913–85) © ARS, NY. Object, Paris, 1936.
Fur-covered cup, saucer, and spoon, Cup 4 3/8” (10.9 cm) in
diameter; saucer 9 3/8” (23.7 cm) in diameter; spoon 8” (20.2 cm)
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long, overall height 2 7/8” (7.3 cm). Purchase. The Museum
of Modern Art. Digital Image © The Museum of Modern Art/
Licensed by SCALA / Art Resource, NY 243
10.2 Union Porcelain Works (1836–c. 1922), Cup and Saucer, 1876,
porcelain, 6 x 12.7 x 12.7 cm. Sugar Bowl and Cover, c. 1876,
porcelain, height 11.4 cm. Cream Pitcher, 1876, porcelain, 9.8 x
8.9 cm. Cream Pitcher, 1876, porcelain, 9.8 x 8.9 cm. Brooklyn
Museum, Gift of Franklin Chace, 1968, 68.87.29a-b, 68.87.30a-b,
68.87.31, 68.87.32a-b. Photo: Brooklyn Museum. © Brooklyn
Museum 2018 245
10.3 Fred Wilson, Metalwork exhibit from ‘Mining the Museum’,
1992–3. Silver service: pitchers, steins and goblets, Baltimore
repoussé style, c. 1830–80, Iron slave shackles, c. 1793–1872.
© Maryland Historical Society 2008 247
10.4 Fred Wilson, Love and Loss in the Milky Way, 2005. One table
with forty-seven milk-glass elements, one plaster bust, one plaster
head, one standing woman statue and a ceramic cookie jar. 197.5
x 233.7 x 111.4 cm. Private collection. Photograph by Kerry Ryan
McFate. © Fred Wilson, courtesy Pace Gallery 249
10.5 Cornelia Parker (b. 1956), Thirty Pieces of Silver, 1988. Tate,
Purchased with assistance from Maggi and David Gordon,
1998. Photograph by Edward Woodman. © Tate, London 2018.
Courtesy the artist and Frith Street Gallery, London 250
10.6 Cornelia Parker (b. 1956), Still Life with Reflection, 2004. Eleven
pairs of squashed and intact silverware, metal wire. Installation
at St Barts Hospital, London. Courtesy the artist and Frith Street
Gallery, London 253
10.7 Ai Weiwei, Fairytale, 2007. Photograph of 1,001-chair installation
in Kassel, Germany/ documenta 12. Courtesy of the artist 255
10.8 Danh Vo (b. 1975) © Copyright. 08:43, 26.05, 2009. Late
nineteenth-century chandelier, Dimensions variable. Gift of the
Contemporary Arts Council of The Museum of Modern Art and
the Fund for the Twenty-First Century. The Museum of Modern
Art, New York, NY, USA. Digital image © The Museum of
Modern Art/Licensed by SCALA / Art Resource, NY 257
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10.9 C hris Burden (1946–2015) © ARS, NY. Urban Light, 2008.
(Two-hundred and two) restored cast iron antique street lamps.
320 1/2 x 686 1/2 x 704 1/2 in. (814.07 x 1743.71 x 1789.43
cm). Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Gordon Family
Foundation’s gift to ‘Transformation: The LACMA Campaign’
(M.2007.147.1-.202). Digital Image © 2019, Museum
Associates / LACMA. Licensed by Art Resource, NY 258
10.10 N ick Cave (b. 1959), Until, 2016. Mixed medium, dimensions
variable. Photo by James Prinz Photography. Courtesy of the
artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York 260
10.11 A nne Wilson (b. 1949), Dispersions no. 7, detail, 2013. Thread,
hair, cloth, white frame, 64.1 x 64.1 x 3.8 cm overall. Collection
of Gail and Tom Hodges. Courtesy of the artist and Gail and
Tom Hodges. Photo: Adam Liam Rose 262
10.12 Mounir Fatmi (b. 1970), Maximum Sensation, 2010. Plastic,
metal, textile, each skateboard 12.7 x 20.3 x 80.5 cm. Brooklyn
Museum, Purchase gift of Stephanie and Tim Ingrassia and
John and Barbara Vogelstein, 2010.67 © Mounir Fatmi. (Photo:
Brooklyn Museum). © 2018 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New
York / ADAGP, Paris 263
11.1 C lare Twomey, ‘Scribe’, The House of Words, Dr Johnson’s
House, London, 2006. Photography – Clare Twomey Studio 276
11.2 Paul Scott, Spode Works Closed Casserole No: 2, 2009–10.
Porcelain, in-glaze decal, gilding, 39.3 × 29.3 × 7.3 cm. V&A
Collection, C.93-2011. Photo: V&A 279
11.3 Neil Brownsword, Factory, 2017. Courtesy of Korea Ceramic
Foundation 281
11.4 Stephen Dixon, The Floralists (Jeanette), 2009. Photo: Gavin
Parry and Dave Penny 283
12.1 Charlie Billingham, Delft Dancer, 2016; Untitled (Plant Pots),
2017; Untitled (Wall Print), Inverleith House, Royal Botanic
Garden Edinburgh, 2017. Photograph © RBGE/Tom Nolan.
Courtesy: the artist and Supportico Lopez, Berlin 290
12.2 E mma Hart, Installation detail from Dirty Looks, 2013,
Camden Arts Centre, London. Glazed ceramic, wood,
photography, video. Photo: Andy Keate 293
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12.3 Emma Hart, Installation detail from Spread, 2015, Art Exchange,
University of Essex. Glazed ceramic, fabric. Photo: Douglas Atfield 293
12.4 Emma Hart, Installation of Mamma Mia, 2017, Whitechapel
Gallery, London. Glazed ceramic, lighting, mixed media.
Whitechapel Gallery Archive 295
12.5 Installation view from Alice Channer: Out of Body at the South
London Gallery, 2012. Photo: Andy Keate. Image courtesy the
artist and the South London Gallery 297
12.6 Alice Channer, Breathing, 2012. Installation view from Alice
Channer: Out of Body at the South London Gallery, 2012.
Photo: Andy Keate. Image courtesy the artist and the South
London Gallery 298
12.7 Installation view Jerwood Encounters: The Grantchester Pottery
Paints the Stage, 2015, Jerwood Arts, London. Courtesy the
artist and Jerwood Arts, London. Photo: Anna Arca 300
12.8 The Grantchester Pottery, A Coffee Service, 2011. Glazed
stoneware, mahogany, painted floorcloth, electrical components
and fixings. Dimensions variable. Courtesy the artist and
Wysing Arts Centre, Cambridgeshire. Photo: N. Smallbone 302
12.9 Image from Lookbook A/W 2015, 2014. Courtesy Olivia Hegarty
and The Grantchester Tailors Guild 303
12.10 The Grantchester Pottery, poster image for ACID TEST, 2016.
Courtesy the artist and Camden Arts Centre, London. Photo:
The Grantchester Photographic Society 308