Matthew Houston - Francesca x2

Signed on the back of each mount.
The accompanying provenance papers are also signed and have the studio stamp.
Print size 27.5 x 21.5cm with mounts 35 x 27.5cm
Fine condition - these photographs have been exhibited but show no sign of damage. The darker of the two prints has a small mark on top right of the mount.
C-type prints
Both from editions of 11 made from large format (8x10") Polaroid
The paper is glossy but shows a slight sheen not high gloss
On aluminium mounts faced with a 100% rag paper
In clear mylar museum quality protective sleeves and share a black buckram archival protective box.

Shipped flat with rigid protection by registered mail.

Matthew Houston (London 1961) best known for the Catalogue of Chaos series - an in depth exploration of the materials and processes of photography.

Photograph from a series of Polaroids and c-type editions begun in the late 1990s. The studio, a sailing ship from 1920 moored in London, England, also served as a venue for regular theatre and cabaret evenings.

"The little stage I built was part of the studio and I began to make photographs of performers, friends, actors and models. Using Polaroid film gave the material a chance to be part of the picture as well. Polaroid is known for all kinds of quirks and accidents that are a reminder of process. As with other photographs I've made I feel it important that material and process are still included, still evident.”*
*From interview - Saatch Art

An excerpt from an exhibition review I discovered - BIP off, Liege - by Philippe Herbert
"Parcours atypique : ancien propriétaire d’un cabaret, il photographie depuis l’âge de 7 ans mais il a commencé cette série à 38 ans. Sur une scène improvisée, il photographie au Polaroïd grand format des femmes dénudées avec beaucoup de tendresse. Il renouvelle le genre du nu."