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."