Artist
Paul Astbury (British, born 1945)British, born 1945
CultureBritish
Titles
- Prisoner's Suit
Date1984
PlaceLondon, England
MediumCeramic, fabric, mixed media, and wood
Dimensions.1, Black Jacket: 33 × 29 × 2 3/4 in. (83.8 × 73.7 × 7 cm)
.2, Work Trousers: 42 1/2 × 33 × 3 in. (108 × 83.8 × 7.6 cm)
.2, Work Trousers: 42 1/2 × 33 × 3 in. (108 × 83.8 × 7.6 cm)
Credit LineGarth Clark and Mark Del Vecchio Collection, museum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment
Object number2007.755.1,.2
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Department
Decorative Arts, Craft, and DesignSpecial Collections
Object Type
Exhibition HistoryExhibited: "Skins: Paul Astbury", Takenaka Corporation Gallery, Osaka, Japan, 1997.
Exhibited: "Space and Form", Rufford Park Gallery, Rufford, Nottinghamshire, U.K, 1990.
Exhibited: "Enhanced Image, Chairs and circles: Paul Astbury", Aberystwyth Arts Centre, University College Wales, U.K, 1984.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Various impressed symbols on ceramic pieces.
Painted in black on underside: "PAUL ASTBURY / BLACK JACKET 1984"
Painted in black on underside: "PAUL ASTBURY / BLACK JACKET 1984"
"PJA" impressed in several places on ceramic pieces
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