"First Flight"
Printmaker: Yiadom-Boakye, Lynette
Etching on Somerset Soft White Velvet, 300gsm
One of a set of 10 etchings.
Head of an old, black man with short hair - gaps in the etched lines on the top of his head suggesting whiteness - in profile to the right. His face deeply lined in places and his lips slightly pursed. A sparse ruff of feathers around his neck.
History note: Lynette Yiadom-Boakye, London; Corvi-Mora Gallery, 1a Kempsford Road, London, SE11 4NU from where purchased by The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum.
Height: 390 mm
Width: 270 mm
Method of acquisition: Given (2020-06-11) by The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum
21st Century
Production date:
AD 2015
Edition 3/10. "First Flight" accompanied Yiadom-Boakye’s acclaimed solo exhibition, _Verses After Dusk_ at the Serpentine Gallery in the Summer of 2015 and each depicts a single, Black, male figure wearing the ruffs of feathers that have become a familiar motif in her work. Each man, appearing in profile or three-quarter view, has been drawn from memory, imagination or found imagery such as photographs and is not a portrait of a particular individual. Of slightly different generations, the men have varying facial expressions: some appear contemplative, others amused, some perhaps in the middle of speech.
Somerset Soft White Velvet, 300 gsm Paper
Inscription present: handwritten in graphite
Inscription present: handwritten in graphite
Inscription present: handwritten in graphite
Inscription present: handwritten in graphite
Accession number: P.96-2020.7
Primary reference Number: 251248
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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