Roger Nellens, Composition, 1972, Screenprint

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Roger nellens
(1937 – 2021 knokke-le-zoute, belgium)
“machine iv”, 1972
screenprint on arches paper
signed, dated and numbered in pencil
… Read more Roger nellens
(1937 – 2021 knokke-le-zoute, belgium)
“machine iv”, 1972
screenprint on arches paper
signed, dated and numbered in pencil
720 × 410 mm | 28 1/4 × 16 1/8 in (image area)
750 × 560 mm | 29 1/2 × 22 in (sheet size)
790 × 600 mm | 31 × 23 1/2 in (framed size)
edition: artist’s proof aside from the edition of 75


framed
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 are available (see our other listings).

nb: some slight spotting in margins bottom left, not affecting the image

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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