About the artwork

Signed original screenprint, from “Machine”. This is a very rare Artist’s Proof of a piece by Nellens that is in the Tate collection.

Year: 1972

Framed size: 63cm x 82cm x 3cm

Detailed Condition: Good condition

Signature: Artist’s proof signed in pencil

Framing: Museum-grade maple frame with contrasting splines, 99% UV-resistant glass to help protect the colours and the paper

Mounting: Conservation-mounted using acid-free Japanese wheat-starch paste and Japanese paper

Delivery: Collect from the shop or contact Cal to arrange specialist art handlers

About the artist

Roger Nellens (1937-) is a self-taught Belgian artist interested in the crossroads and contrast between machines and nature. In his 1988 catalogue at Elisabeth Franck Gallery in Brussels, Pontus Hulten says of him in the introduction:

“Roger Nellens’ art comes from a very great source which is this attachment that we have for things that are close to us, that serve us… Always sparkling and witty [his art] demonstrates devotion to their beauty. As with their author, there is always tongue in cheek, a relaxed and amused way of impressing their content and their message, but underneath, there is admiration for the beauty of the volumes, the interrelations of the moving parts, the gleaming steel and the colours are always so independent and surprising.”