Intaglio print on paper
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<a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/patrick-procktor-1800" aria-label="More by Patrick Procktor" data-gtm-name="header_link_artist" data-gtm-destination="page--artist">Patrick Procktor</a>
Lunch Hour Johannesburg
Presented by Editions Alecto through the Institute of Contemporary Prints 1975
adults
architecture
black
cities, towns, villages (non-UK)
countries and continents
ethnicity
figure
garden structures
group
groups
Johannesburg - non-specific
midday
park
people
places
South Africa
times of the day
tower block
townscape, distant
townscapes / man-made features
<p>Procktor was born in Dublin and came to England as a child. In 1958 he enrolled at the Slade School where he was taught by William Coldstream. He travelled around Europe in the early 1960s and, with the encouragement of David Hockney, he began to produce prints. In 1996 he was</p><p>elected Royal Academician.</p><p>Procktor visited southern Africa in 1974 travelling to Johannesburg, Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) and the Victoria Falls. In both these prints he captures the colour and light of the African landscape.</p><p><em>Gallery label, September 2004</em></p>
paper print intaglio
Lunch Hour, Johannesburg
image: 126 × 203 mm
Presented by Editions Alecto through the Institute of Contemporary Prints 1975
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<span class="text0">Procktor was born in Dublin and came to England as a      child. In 1958 he enrolled at the Slade School where he was taught by      William Coldstream. He travelled around Europe in the early 1960s and, with      the encouragement of David Hockney, he began to produce <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>. In 1996 he      was  </span>
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<span class="text0">elected Royal Academician.</span><span class="text18">
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<span class="text0">Procktor visited southern Africa in 1974 travelling to      Johannesburg, Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) and the Victoria Falls.  In both      these prints he captures the colour and light of the African landscape. </span>
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adults architecture black cities, towns, villages (non-UK) countries and continents ethnicity figure garden structures group groups Johannesburg - non-specific midday park people places South Africa times of the day tower block townscape, distant townscapes / man-made features