Lithograph on paper
Tate Collection
Works with images
General Collection
Collection
<a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/harry-holland-1302" aria-label="More by Harry Holland" data-gtm-name="header_link_artist" data-gtm-destination="page--artist">Harry Holland</a>
TV
Purchased 1983
adults
electrical appliances
eroticism
female
nudes
objects
people
sex and relationships
society
television
woman
paper print lithograph
26 March 2013 – 1 June 2014
2014-06-01
26 March 2013 – 18 May 2013
2013-05-18
2013-03-26
Institute of International Visual Arts (Iniva), (London, UK)
2013-03-26
Keywords
Loan-out
28 February 2014 – 11 May 2014
2014-05-11
28 February 2014 – 11 May 2014
2014-05-11
2014-02-28
Tate Liverpool (Liverpool, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/liverpool/
2014-02-28
Keywords: Art, Culture and Society in 1980s Britain
Exhibition
T.V.
image: 153 × 157 mm
Purchased 1983
<p><a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/holland-t-v-p07807" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P07807</span></a> <b>TV</b> 1982
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<br/>Lithograph 6 × 6 1/8 (153 × 157) on paper 15 × 11 3/4 (381 × 282) watermarked ‘Fabriano 100/100 cotton’, printed by Nick Hunter and published by Garton &amp; Cooke
<br/>Inscribed ‘W H. Holland’ b.r. and ‘1/30’
<br/>Purchased from Robin Garton (Grant-in-Aid) 1983
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<br/>The following entry is based on information supplied by the artist in a letter dated 21 April 1986. It has been approved by the artist.
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<br/>In this work and in the six related ‘Homage to Electricity’ <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/l/lithography" title="Glossary definition for 'Lithography'"><span>lithographs</span></a>, in which the same title appears in different languages, Holland explores an image in which two naked girls are seen absorbed in a domestic task. In the first case, the girls seem to be switching on or tuning a television set. In the other <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> they are involved in changing an electric light bulb. Both cases reflect Holland's interest in the depiction of light in electrically lit interiors. Although the scene appears commonplace there is an underlying eroticism which transcends the ordinariness of the moment. The artist has commented on the significance of the image that ‘It is an extended visual joke e.g. as <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/sculpture" title="Glossary definition for 'Sculpture'"><span>sculptures</span></a> concerned with their own revelation.’
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<br/><b>Published in:</b>
<br/><i>The Tate Gallery 1982-84: Illustrated Catalogue of Acquisitions</i>, London 1986
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2004-10-13T00:00:00
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adults electrical appliances eroticism female nudes objects people sex and relationships society television woman