Army Wallpaper, B&Q Store, Newport South Wales

c. 1987

Paul Reas

Associated Names
Paul Reas

Artist, British, born 1955

The image shows four people in a store aisle dedicated to wallpaper. One man is holding a large colorful wallpaper. He is wearing a sweater with a diamond pattern, camouflage pants, has a cigarette in his mouth, short brown hair, and facial stubble. A young boy in a dark puffer jacket stands next to him. A woman in a black coat walks past with another woman in a red and white uniform behind her. The floor has a checkerboard pattern, and shelves hold rolls of wallpaper. The ceiling has rectangular fluorescent lights.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    chromogenic print

  • Credit Line

    Alfred H. Moses and Fern M. Schad Fund

  • Dimensions

    image: 40.1 × 50.6 cm (15 13/16 × 19 15/16 in.)
    sheet: 50.7 × 61 cm (19 15/16 × 24 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2019.69.8


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(James Hyman, London); NGA purchase, 2019.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, bottom right in black ink: Paul Reas


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