Pictures from a Rubbish Tip

1988–1989

Keith Arnatt

Associated Names
Keith Arnatt

Artist, British, 1930 - 2008

The image shows a plastic surface with a small potato and food debris on it. The colors include browns from the potato and peelings, green from the withered leaves, and a translucent effect from the plastic surface. The potato is in the lower left area with peelings, while the leaves are in the middle and upper right. The plastic is on top of a red background.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    chromogenic print

  • Credit Line

    Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund

  • Dimensions

    image: 46.8 × 57.2 cm (18 7/16 × 22 1/2 in.)
    sheet: 50.7 × 60.8 cm (19 15/16 × 23 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2019.155.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Keith Arnatt Estate, London; NGA purchase (through Sprüth Magers, London), 2019.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1989

  • Through the Looking Glass: Photographic Art in Britain, 1945–1989: Barbican Art Gallery, London, July 27–October 1, 1989

2013

  • Keith Arnatt: Sausages and Food, Collection In-Focus Display: Tate Britain, London, March 11–October 6, 2013

Inscriptions

on verso, by unknown hand, upper right in graphite: AE4-003-06-02

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