Roger Nellens, Composition, 1972, Screenprint

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Roger Nellens
(1937 – 2021 Knokke-le-Zoute, Belgium)
“Machine I”, 1972
Screenprint on Arches paper
Signed, dated and numbered in pencil
… Read more Roger Nellens
(1937 – 2021 Knokke-le-Zoute, Belgium)
“Machine I”, 1972
Screenprint on Arches paper
Signed, dated and numbered in pencil
394 × 701 mm | 15 1/2 × 27 1/2 in (image area)
565 × 750 mm | 22 1/8 × 29 1/2 in (sheet size)
605 × 790 mm | 23 3/4 × 31 in (framed size)
Edition: Artist’s proof aside from the edition of 75

A highly-detailed, large, finely printed image in harmonious, muted colours, showing a fanciful mechanism of unknown purpose. Examples of this limited-edition print are held in the Tate collection.

Hard to photograph well and more impressive in real life, with a silvery sheen to many of the inks used. One of a suite of four prints, the complete set of which is available (see other listings).

Roger Nellens, ‘the dragon of Knokke’, was a self-taught Belgian artist interested in the crossroads and contrast between machines and nature.

He invited many important artists to create large-scale works in his garden in Knokke\. Nike de Saint-Phalle made a huge dragon sculpture/environment as a playground for Nellens’ son Xavier. Jean Tinguely helped with the construction and created small sculptures and furniture for the interior spaces, and in 1987 a visiting Keith Haring was so inspired that he stayed several weeks and, with Saint-Phalle’s permission, painted prolifically on the dragon’s indoor surfaces.

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