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Six by Six

Collection: Gray's School of Art Collection; Gray's School of Art Graphic Design Collection 1969-2011
Object Type: Graphic Design
Artist/Maker: Drysdale, Kenneth; Robertson, David
Place Made: Gray's School of Art
Media/Materials: ink on paper
Dimensions: overall: 28 cm x 22.9 cm
Classification: Design: Graphics

Description:

Four pages from "Six by Six: A Collection of Illustrated Themes and a Short Story" designed and produced by Graphic Design students
Page 1 - black, white and pink ink illustration in the style of a photograph negative features along the bottom of the page depicting a series of space themed images of a spaceman floating through space from "(present) minus (past) equals (future)" by David Robertson
Page 2 - green and black ink illustration depicting an ethereal alien environment "(present) minus (past) equals (future)" by David Robertson;
Page 3 - yellow ink text "Larry the Lamb watched / peacefully over the harbour, / nashing all the greenaway. / Captain E Bawden was keene / to weigh anchor aboad the / good ship Kauffer as she was / sailing that McKnight to Bodley Head."; a green, yellow and brown ink illustration depicts a maritime scene of a ship sailing from a harbour with a lamb in the foreground from "A final look at British Illustration, before Iran" by Kenneth Drysdale
Page 4 - orange, grey and yellow ink illustration of a town centre from "A final look at British Illustration, before Iran" by Kenneth Drysdale


Object Number: ABDRG2016.288