Release – Stage Proofs 1-13 and 16-19 ( P02416 -32; the series is incomplete) is a group of seventeen prints showing the process of building up colour to make the print Release ( P04254 ). Each proof represents the successive addition of a screen, made from a hand-cut stencil, used to apply a particular colour. The completed print Release combines the seventeen colour screens, each used once, and the photographic black screen which has the texture of an imprint on canvas as well as the photographic halftone, used twice.
The print Release derives its title from the name of an organisation set up to provide legal aid and social support to people who have fallen foul of the ...
