Dolly (1983)

Michael Craig-Martin

oil on canvas and steel

Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh

Photo Doug Atfield

Classification:

Sculpture

Materials:

Oil, Canvas, Steel

Dimensions:

162.6 x 103 x 17 cm

Accession Number:

GMA5190

Credit:

Donated by Eric and Jean Cass through the Contemporary Art Society, 2012

Scheme:

Eric and Jean Cass Gift (2010 - 2012)

Ownership history:

Purchased from the Waddington Galleries, London by Eric and Jean Cass, 5 May 1989; by whom gifted to the Contemporary Art Society, 2012; presented to Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh (National Galleries Scotland), 6 August 2012

Relationship:

Waddington Custot (Waddington Galleries), London Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh Eric and Jean Cass Eric Victor Cass

One of Michael Craig-Martin's linear constructions of ordinary objects, Dolly (1983) is made extraordinary by his treatment of the subject. The drawing in steel has a strictly illustrative, diagrammatic quality, but the canvases, painted in primary colours and green, change the nature of conceptual art and enliven the whole composition.

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