Screenprint on paper
Tate Collection
Works with images
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<a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/brendan-neiland-1694" aria-label="More by Brendan Neiland" data-gtm-name="header_link_artist" data-gtm-destination="page--artist">Brendan Neiland</a>
Tolmer Square
Presented by Elemeta Windows 1981
abstraction
architecture
Camden, Euston Road, Tolmer Square
England
features
from recognisable sources
man-made
natural phenomena
offices
places
public and municipal
reflection
tower block
townscapes / man-made features
UK countries and regions
UK London
window
paper print screenprint
Tolmer Square
image: 781 × 984 mm
Presented by Elemeta Windows 1981
<p><b>P11045</b> TOLMER SQUARE 1981
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<br/>Inscribed ‘Brendan Neiland’ bottom right and ‘Tolmer Square’ and ‘5/5’
<br/>Screenprint, printed at Coriander Studio and published by Elemeta Windows Ltd, 30 3/4×38 1/2 (78.1×98.5)
<br/>Presented by Elemeta Windows Ltd 1981
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<br/>The firm Elemeta Windows were the main contractors for Tolmer Square, a large glass-encased building on Euston Road in London completed in 1981. In commemoration the firm commissioned Neiland to make a <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/s/screenprint" title="Glossary definition for 'Screenprint'"><span>screenprint</span></a> in a special <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/e/edition" title="Glossary definition for 'Edition'"><span>edition</span></a> of five to be given to the architect and others closely associated with the building, and including one for presentation to a national collection. Neiland had frequently made <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/p/painting" title="Glossary definition for 'Painting'"><span>paintings</span></a> and <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/p/print" title="Glossary definition for 'Print'"><span>prints</span></a> of buildings, and there are other prints of the same date featuring highly reflective glass facades.
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<br/><b>Published in:</b>
<br/><i>The Tate Gallery 1980-82: Illustrated Catalogue of Acquisitions</i>, London 1984
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Catalogue entry
2004-10-13T00:00:00
catalogue-entry
CATALOGUE_ENTRY
abstraction architecture Camden, Euston Road, Tolmer Square England features from recognisable sources man-made natural phenomena offices places public and municipal reflection tower block townscapes / man-made features UK countries and regions UK London window