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Wrestlers II: PD.4-2009

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Wrestlers II

Maker(s)

O'Donoghue, Hughie

Entities

Categories

Measurements and weight

Height: 1805 mm
Width: 2070 mm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (2009-01) by O'Donoghue, Hughie and Clare

Dating

Production date: AD 2000

School or Style

British

Techniques used in production

Painting : Oil on canvas (incorporating inkjet on gampi tissue) The photo of the soldier was scanned by the artist and output trough an inkjet printer onto Japanese gampi tissue. The gampi was then laid down onto a layer of wet resin on the surface of the painting and covered so that it was sealed in the resin. The image of the wrestling firgures was drawn with a brush on top of thick layers of white lead and made to resemble marble, except for the heads; the heads in the statue were spuriously restored and O'Donoghue took the opportunity of replacing them in the painting with intimations of flesh and blood
Oil on canvas

Identification numbers

Accession number: PD.4-2009
Primary reference Number: 166520
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 3 August 2020 Last processed: Tuesday 13 June 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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