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After De Gheyn II/Greuze
(2019)
from the Bring on the dancing horses series 2019

Medium
etching
Measurements
64.6 × 57.8 cm (image) 65.0 × 58.0 cm (plate) 78.9 × 70.2 cm (sheet)
Place/s of Execution
London, England
Edition
ed. 30/38
Printing/Publishing
published by Paragon Contemporary Editions, London
Inscription
inscribed in pencil l.r.: Glenn Brown
inscribed (vertically) in pencil on reverse l.l.: 30/38
Accession Number
2019.1064
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Ruth Margaret Frances Houghton Bequest, 2019
© Glenn Brown, courtesy Paragon, London
Gallery location
Not on display
About this work

Glenn Brown appropriates historical art in his paintings and sculptures and in recent years has extended his conceptual concerns to drawing and printmaking. Brown considers drawing to be of fundamental importance for image creation, and uses the medium to distort, stretch and layer separate art historical references to create complex, line-based works. The Bring on the Dancing Horses series continues these investigations with six etchings that appropriate historical prints and drawings by Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn, Jacques de Gheyn II, Jacob Jordaens, Jean-Baptiste Greuze, Andrea del Sarto and others. Brown adopts, conflates and destabilises their historical traditions of drawing as part of his ongoing conceptual critique of the pictorial codes and conventions of representation.