Keith Milow (b.1945) PR1NT A, 1969, Screenprint on paper (unframed)

Keith Milow (b. 1945)
PR1NT A, 1969
Screenprint on paper
Image: 54 × 79 cm | Framed: 78 × 102 cm
Edition 59/75 and 60/75 | Signed

Keith Milow emerged as one of the most distinctive voices in British geometric abstraction during the late 1960s. Associated with a generation of artists exploring systems, structures, and visual logic, Milow developed a rigorous artistic language based on mathematical order, repetition, and architectural form. His work often investigates the relationship between image-making and underlying systems of construction, reflecting a wider interest in conceptual and minimalist approaches that transformed contemporary art during this period.

Created in 1969, PR1NT A belongs to a pivotal moment in Milow’s career when printmaking provided an ideal medium for exploring seriality and precision. The screenprint’s carefully structured composition demonstrates the artist’s fascination with geometry, pattern, and the visual possibilities of systematic arrangement. Through the use of clean lines and controlled forms, Milow invites viewers to consider both the aesthetic impact of the image and the conceptual framework from which it is derived.

Produced in a signed edition of 75, PR1NT A exemplifies the experimental spirit of late twentieth-century British printmaking, where artists increasingly embraced print as an independent artistic medium capable of expressing complex ideas through clarity, repetition, and formal innovation.