Triplets - John Banting
Triplets - John Banting
Original John Banting linocut print
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About the artwork
"Siamese Triplets’ is loosely a representation of a wooden, interlocking African carving given to the artist by Nancy Cunard in the late twenties, which appears frequently in all his work of this period as a spindly-legged woman or object, also called ‘Madame Triple Nipple’ (letter to compiler from Alexander Postan 30 November 1973). It is also possible that ‘Siamese Triplets’ symbolises in some way the tripartite relationship which Nancy Cunard, Brian Howard and John Banting shared." - Tate
Year: plate: 1932
print:1971
Framed size: 26cm x 34.5cm
Detailed Condition: Having undergone full paper conservation, this piece is in stable good condition
Signature: Signed ‘John Banting 1932’
Edition: 26/45
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John Banting (1902-1971) was a major British Surrealist painter and designer. Inspired by his friends Duchamp, Breton and Giacometti, he quickly evolved his own repetoire of forms and subjects. Banting exhibited at multiple International Surrealist Exhibitions in London, New York and Paris. These three linocuts are presented in both the Tate and the V&A collections.
