drawing
- Museum number
- 2003,0601.11
- Description
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Brightly coloured lobster facing l, orange claws, body stripes of orange outlined in pink with blue and orange spots, eye outlined in blue, red legs, large curved antennae, orange circle top r, blue shape bottom r. 1973
Gouache
- Production date
- 1973
- Dimensions
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Height: 356 millimetres
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Width: 560 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- David Brown saw the red lobster as a personification of Hilton and his painful skin condition.
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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1980 Feb and tour, Sheffield, Graves Art Gallery, Roger Hilton, no 10
1982, Saskastoon, Canada, Mendel Art Gallery, 'Roger Hilton', no. L81-50-13
2003-2004 Dec-Apr, BM, 'Three Great Gifts: The David Brown Bequest'
2004-2005 Oct-Jan, Southampton City Art Gallery, Boom Boom Cluster
2005 Mar-June, Compton Verney, 'Only Make-Believe'
- Acquisition date
- 2003
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 2003,0601.11
