The Burning Babe I
1970–1979 ⓘ
Aquatint
59.5 × 45 cm
Inventory no. MF-E-02
Collection: Michael Fell Estate
© Michael Fell Estate
Photograph © Joe Humphrys
Aquatint
59.5 × 45 cm
Inventory no. MF-E-02
Collection: Michael Fell Estate
© Michael Fell Estate
Photograph © Joe Humphrys
Taking its subject from Robert Southwell’s poem The Burning Babe, a single figure is set within a surrounding field of darkness. Tone is built through graduated areas of light and shadow rather than line. The central form emerges from the brightest passage against the darker ground.
Bibliography
- Revd John Summers and Andrew Wilton, “Religion”, in The Art of Michael Fell, Unicorn, 2024, p. 108