Screen II
Robert Adams
Life Story
Colour is used in this abstract print to distinguish a vertical divide in a rectangular form, made up of densely packed, radiating triangles. The composition has been carefully balanced to generate a sense of controlled movement.
Titled Screen II, it is one of a series of prints from the early 1960s, in which Robert Adams experiments with asymmetric arrangements of repeating triangular forms. Known primarily as a sculptor, these ideas translated directly into Adams’s early metal screens, which feature clusters of welded triangles (see 31552). Adams exhibited Screen II at Gimpel Fils Gallery, London in November 1962. [1]
Lisa Newby, July 2022
[1] Alastair Grieve, Robert Adams 1917-1984: A Sculptor’s Record (London: Tate Gallery, 1992) p.42.
Provenance
In October 1984, the University of East Anglia accepted a planned bequest from Joyce and Michael Morris (UEA Alumni). Michael died in 2009 and Joyce in December 2014 when the couple's wishes were implemented.
Not on display
Title/Description: Screen II
Artist/Maker: Robert Adams
Born: 1962
Accession Number: 31582
Historic Period: 20th century
Credit Line: Bequeathed by Joyce and Michael Morris, 2014
