Page 16: Ecology, Air, Earth, Fire, Water

Joe Tilson

'Ecology, Air, Fire, Earth, Water' acknowledges a wide range of ideologies and philosophies. Alongside a Caduveo Indian girl are images of prominent activists, thinkers and leaders such as Malcolm X, Sigmund Freud and Che Guevara. 

From top left to lower right the portraits depict;

An unknown black activist, Sigmund Freud, a Caduveo Indian girl from Brazil, Claude Levi-Strauss, Herbert Marcuse, Ho Chi Minh, William Burroughs, Che Guevara, Malcolm X, Buckminster Fuller, Frantz Fanon and Mao Tse Tung.

TILSON Page 16 Ecology Air Earth Fire Water on white
4 images
Artist
Joe Tilson (1928-2023)
Title
Page 16: Ecology, Air, Earth, Fire, Water
Medium
Screenprint and oil on canvas on wood relief
Date
1969-1970
Size
66 ½ x 66 ½ in : 169.0 x 169.0 cm
Inscriptions
Signed, dated, titled and inscribed in pencil verso
Provenance
Leslie Waddington
Distinguished Private Collection, UK (acquired from the above in December 2012)
Exhibitions
'Joe Tilson: Pages', Marlborough New London Gallery, London, Mar-Apr 1970, no.16
'Joe Tilson: 'Pop' paintings and prints', Peter Gwyther Gallery, London, 11 Nov-24 Dec 1999
'Tilson: Pop to Present', Royal Academy of Arts, London, 14 Mar-12 Apr 2002, no.16
'Tilson', Waddington Galleries, London, 28 Mar-21 Apr 2007, no.8
'Pop Art Portraits', National Portrait Gallery, London, 11 Oct 2007-20 Jan 2008; touring to Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, 23 Feb-8 Jun 2008, no.52
Literature
Tilson, Arturo Carlo Quintavalle, Pre-Art, Milan, 1977, p.207 (not illus.)
Pop Art: A Continuing History, Marco Livingstone, Thames and Hudson, London, 1990, p.182 (col. illus. fig.260)
Tilson, Michael Compton and Marco Livingstone, L'Agrifoglio Editions, Milan/Thames and Hudson, London, 1992 (illus. p.59)
Joe Tilson: Works from 1961 to 1970, Waddington Galleries, London, 2006, no.9, p.26 (col.illus p.27)
Pop Art Book, Nadine Käthe Monem (ed.), Black Dog Publishing, London/Wolverhampton Art Gallery, 2007, p.115 (col. illus p.129)
Tilson: The Printed Works 1963-2009, Enzo Di Martino, Papiro Arte, Venice, 2009, p.64 (illus.)
Reference
AC26-48
Status
Available
Page 16: Ecology, Air, Earth, Fire, Water - Joe Tilson

Page 16: Ecology, Air, Earth, Fire, Water - Joe Tilson

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