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An etching of a symmetrical geometric pattern largely composed of dark and light rhomboids. Artist's proof. Signed, lower right.

This print shows a design that was commissioned by Lord Palumbo for a roof terrace at the Arts Council Headquarters, Great Pe
Gifted: from the Royal Academy to The Queen

The Royal Collection includes drawings by important twentieth-century artists

BASIL BEATTIE (B. 1935)

Janus Series

2009

RCIN 212704

A drawing of three arched forms, each with a triangular form within, reminiscent of a framed perspective view of a road heading towards a horizon. The drawing is part of Beattie's Janus series, after the Roman god Janus, often represented as having two faces. The works in the Janus series use stacks of three or four units, each with a suggestion of a perspectival horizon to imply journeys or travel. These forms may also recall rear-view mirrors or windscreens, implying the road ahead as well as the road already travelled.

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