Print Collection
1976
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1976
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Dominant colour
Print Collection is a 1976 by Stewart Waghorn, depicting Tent, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
Stewart Waghorn’s 1976 print “Print Collection” shows a tent. He studied architecture, so he cared a lot about the tent’s design. Waghorn made a set called “Tentmaster” after his own drawings. This one shows Chipperfield’s big top tent. It seated about 2,000 people and had four tall masts. His prints copy real tent details exactly. Look up the artist Waghorn, Stewart (ARCA).
The print depicts the exterior of Chipperfield's four-mast Big Top circus tent, featuring a deep blue canvas roof and red and yellow side panels. Below the image, the title and year are given, along with a detailed description of the tent's construction, including its dimensions, materials, and color scheme. The tent was manufactured by Stroymeyer in Konstanz, Germany, and had a seating capacity of approximately 2,000. It was supported by four steel lattice masts and covered with 40 quarter poles painted red and yellow.
Read the full account in the museum source.
English printmaker Stewart Waghorn built bold, graphic compositions in the 1970s.
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