Out of the Dross (Blue)

JAMIE REID (1947–2023)

Out of the Dross (Blue)

signed, titled and numbered by the artist

silkscreen on Somerset Radiant White Velvet 330gsm, with unique over-screening

44 1/8 x 28 3/8 inches (112 x 72 cm)

Executed in 2011. This work is artist's proof number 1 of 3.

Blue colourway of Out of the Dross, a print Reid produced in 2011 — built from his pre-punk vocabulary at Suburban Press and reactivated through his late printmaking partnership with Stolper. The work is silkscreened on Somerset Radiant White Velvet 330gsm with unique over-screening — meaning each artist's proof in the run of three carries a distinct surface treatment over the base silkscreen, making the present example a one-of-three variation rather than a uniform edition copy.

Reid's late practice produced some of the most distinctive printmaking of his career: working at scale, on fine-art papers, in editions that retained the political directness of his Pistols-era graphic language while moving into a more contemplative gallery register. Out of the Dross is a slogan Reid used recurrently across his career — a phrase that names the project of his entire practice.