The Gates of Hell
1974 ⓘ
Etching and aquatint
43 × 66 cm
Inventory no. MF-E-27
Collection: Michael Fell Estate
© Michael Fell Estate
Photograph © Joe Humphrys
A crowded café interior fills a wide horizontal plate, with figures seated and standing among tables and glassware. Aquatint and etched line are carried across faces, clothing and surrounding surfaces. A single female figure occupies the foreground, set apart by scale and placement from the denser groups behind.
Exhibition History
- Royal Academy of Arts, London, Summer Exhibition, 1974
Bibliography
- Andrew Wilton, “Introduction”, in The Art of Michael Fell, Unicorn, 2024, pp. 13–15
- Adrian Bartlett, “Printmaking”, in The Art of Michael Fell, Unicorn, 2024, p. 56
- Michael Shepherd, “Bright Young Things”, Sunday Telegraph, 12 May 1974