The critic laughs

1968

Richard Hamilton

Associated Names
Richard Hamilton

Artist, British, 1922 - 2011

Kelpra Studio

Printer

Documenta IV Foundation, Kassel

Publisher

The image contains a white Braun electric toothbrush with a set of dentures attached to it. The color palette is primarily soft blues and greens, with accents of pastel pink and beige on the dentures and pops of yellow and white present. The toothbrush is centered, with the denture standing on top of it, alongside a shadow or reflection to the left and a blurred vertical object to the right.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph laminated with plastic film, screenprint, collage additions, and touches of enamel paint added by hand

  • Credit Line

    Gift of William M. Speiller

  • Dimensions

    image: 34.2 × 26.3 cm (13 7/16 × 10 3/8 in.)
    sheet: 59.6 × 46.5 cm (23 7/16 × 18 5/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1976.65.3

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Mayer 1984, no. 66

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

2018

  • Sense of Humor: Caricature, Satire, and the Comical in Prints and Drawings from Leonardo to the Present, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2018 - 2019.

Bibliography

1984

  • Richard Hamilton Prints 1939-1983: A Complete Catalogue of Graphic Works. London: Edition Hansjorg Mayer, in association with Waddington Graphics, 1984. Entries by Edward Thorden.

Wikidata ID

Q65576534

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