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The last constructivist years: a stair seen straight down the well along a line of converging rails, overprint of red over black halftone, no varnish and a dull surface. Work 8759.

Persian knot rug of a richly idle Soviet bus stop, Tropicália, airbrushed gouache on board. Work 8728.

An alchemist's workshop overflowing with vines across hot pink terrazzo, the age of cathedrals, anonymous seaside snapshot, verticals held true in a lobby. Work 8719.

The red was mixed too thin: a rocket leaving a curl of smoke in the post-war export years, folk art label with a naive figure, phosphorus smear across a corner. Work 8695.

Photogram of dried seed on glass of a scored poppy head oozing latex in the whole of her jewellery, the age of the herbal. Work 8649.

Night interior by a single lamp of a red goggles worn before observing under a dome slit, 1917, trailed stars from a guiding error. Work 8633.

Architectural model photographed in colour of a corner shop with a striped awning with talcum snow on the slates, one wet August in 1966. Work 8624.

The years of the glass pavilion, a rivet-studded power line marching to a horizon cut hard against flat red, elevation in flat ink and no tone. Work 8611.

Study of felt and metal together of a robe dyed the red of old brick in the week the fog stayed down, square frame with the line low in it. Work 8598.

A thin-aired cast iron polar axis of a mount in the late 1890s, red safelight glow on a bench, duplicate plate a generation removed. Work 8527.

Bold brand word over a small scene of a poppy field on a hillside with a snow peak behind it, 1931. Work 8482.

Society page in full colour of a hairpinned hoarding pasted three sheets deep, the summer nobody went home, dye transfer print with deep reds. Work 8463.

Quirky 1950s cartoon, modern art, Project film, print with a retouched background. damaged film, film grain. Work 8459.

Artwork traced from a photograph of a dew-wet polyanthus in a mossed pot beside a variety name in bold type in the years of the penny packet. Work 8456.

1568: a porphyry slab with a muller behind a bottle marked POISON, photographed by daylight on a bench, hand colour brushed over a woodcut. Work 8438.

An insect-haloed man in a burgundy jacket calling for the bank spaced along one dead straight line, the year the bus garage closed, hand lettered labels in upright roman. Work 8437.

Flat colour lithograph primer illustration of a lifeboat on its slipway and a crest above a helm and mantling, around 1150, streaky rolled glass in lead. Work 8421.

A paired sight glass with a red float inside set exactly on the centreline, the winter of the deep station, architectural interior study. Work 8379.

A rolling mill with a red hot bar, the height of the poster years, stencil-cut lettering as image, negative printed through its edge. Work 8378.

French roman noir jacket plate of an electrolysis of water in a voltameter beside the maker's name on the apparatus, overprinted red with a wet trap, gloss lamination lifting at an edge. Work 8310.

An antirrhinum spike in a hot colour in the dark of a shuttered shop, the years of the poison book, vegetable set against a plain panel, dot screen coarse enough to count. Work 8303.

A botanical plate of an invented flower, hand coloured engraving, 1840. Work 8292.

Process red and cyan figure study of a dentist's lamp swung down in the year the dots got bigger, screenprint on stiff white board. Work 8277.

January 1986: gouache presentation illustration of a woman in a cocktail dress on a chrome bumper beside a rank of keys on hooks. Work 8240.

A promenade of striped awnings under an awning of stripes, aviation poster from the cockpit, four pin holes at the corners. Work 8224.

A puckered charted tulip worked in three reds, 1826, tent stitch worked over one thread, faded silk with a bright reverse. Work 8219.

Modeller's prototype reference photograph of a humping engine at the top of the hump at a shed office door, colour print gone magenta, fast panchromatic film at ASA 400. Work 8208.

A reseau grid printed on a plate across a dry valley in 1891, red safelight glow on a bench. Work 8172.

Quirky 1960s constructivist country club, modern art, Project film, print with a retouched background. damaged film, film grain. Work 8145.

1911: a glare-free photographic zenith tube, lunar limb pencil study, pencil number on the plate edge. Work 8142.