Enid Marx
Tyger, Tyger
Details
Artist
Enid Marx
Title
Tyger, Tyger
Date
1958
Medium
Four-colour linocut on paper
Reference
CVCSC:0255.341.F
Collection
Status
On Display
The title comes from William Blake’s poem: ‘Tyger, Tyger, burning bright, in the forests of the night’. It originated as a design for a large embroidery to be made by Marx‘s Croydon College students, which is why there is cross-stitch patterning used on the moon.
Enid Marx Tyger, Tyger 1958 © Compton Verney