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Title

The flyer

1975

Artist

Jan Senbergs

Australia, Latvia

29 Oct 1939 – 2024

  • Details

    Date
    1975
    Media category
    Print
    Materials used
    colour screenprint on Torinoko paper
    Edition
    6/19
    Dimensions
    78.6 x 111.8 cm image; 100 x 126.8 cm sheet; 109.2 x 139.8 x 3.6 cm frame
    Signature & date

    Signed and dated l.r., pencil "... J Senbergs '75 ...".

    Credit
    Gift of the artist 2008
    Location
    Not on display
    Accession number
    309.2008
    Copyright
    © Estate of Jan Senbergs/Copyright Agency

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    Jan Senbergs

    Works in the collection

    61

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    "I like this image and I made a painting of it as well. It may look like a train form going up, but it is more to do with when you sit at airports looking at those big Boeing 747s rumbling along, thinking of this huge weight as they finally take off. It’s almost as if the bottom is scraping the ground as it lifts off. It’s about the force of the diagonal, the thrust of the diagonal across the rectangular. It's got wings, huge wings. It's a plane taking off, not looking like a plane, but it is …"

    Jan Senbergs
    [Hendrik Kolenberg, Jan Senbergs complete screenprints 1960-88, pg 71]

  • Exhibition history

    Shown in 1 exhibition

  • Bibliography

    Referenced in 5 publications

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