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Bruce McLean, Born 1944

An Ideal Home (Diptych)

1998

  • Accession Number

    B1999.3.7

  • Creator

    Bruce McLean, Born 1944

  • Title

    An Ideal Home (Diptych)

  • Part Of

    Collective Title: Kilometre Theatre and Seven Other Seminal Architectural Projects

  • Date

    1998

  • Materials & Techniques

    Screen print on 400gsm Somerset Satin white wove paper

  • Dimensions

    Sheet: 35 × 29 inches (88.9 × 73.7 cm), Image: 35 × 58 inches (88.9 × 147.3 cm)

  • Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering

    Lettered upper left to lower right: "Beyond the fitted kitchen cum picture | window ensemble based loosely covered | ref. misinterpreted Bonnard/Monet | moment, and the sensational belgian | butcher's chopping block conversion | into a skylight fixture, we address | the microwave digi diner/cool deep |freeze type LA longing pad in line | with three balanced flues, one patio | door onto sundeck sundial suburban | submerged in spurge situations, is | what makes today's master bedrooms | with revived ensuite bathrooms in | avocado overlooking llama skin-lined | conversation pits retro ref. p.v.c. | lolla-bout so unappealing, particularly | in converted knocked through | victorian propped up planted and | lit habitattily brick "I've got the | wrong end of the stick" shit houses."

    Signed in graphite, lower right: "Bruce McLean"

  • Credit Line

    Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

  • Copyright Status

    © The Artist

  • Classification

    Prints

  • Collection

    Prints and Drawings

  • Subject Terms

    architectural subject

  • Access

    Accessible in the Study Room [Request]

  • Link

    https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:33475

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