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Audrey Green at the National Portrait Gallery

Project Showcase

East London SUPERLAB remastered and produced more than 90 photographs from the National Portrait Gallery archive for Audrey Green café and Larry’s bar, part of the Gallery’s reopening after a three-year, £35 million refurbishment.

Audrey Green at the National Portrait Gallery in Trafalgar Square, London, showing large-format photographic works produced by East London SUPERLAB for the gallery reopening in 2023. — Above: Audrey Green at the National Portrait Gallery, Trafalgar Square, London, June 2023. Photograph by Alan McFetridge.

Project Role

Working with Daisy Green Collection, Justin Hibbs and the National Portrait Gallery curatorial team, East London SUPERLAB produced museum-grade archival inkjet prints for the interiors. The project extended the Gallery’s photographic presentation into the café and bar, creating a seamless transition between public collection, hospitality space and contemporary print production.

Print Production

- 90+ archival photographic prints

- Remastering prints from NPG archive material

- Museum-grade baryta-coated cotton paper

- Archival inkjet production

- Large-format interior installation

- Works up to 2400 × 3600 mm

Selected Works Installed

The installation included large-format archival prints of figures including Audrey Hepburn, Margot Fonteyn, Marie Rambert, Michael Clark and George Harrison, with works by photographers and artists including Angus McBean, Lord Snowdon, Chris Garnham, and Sir Paul McCartney. East London SUPERLAB remastered and produced the photographic prints for installation at Audrey Green and Larry’s Bar at the National Portrait Gallery.

left to right:
Artist: Angus McBean (1904-1990)
Title: Margot Fonteyn (1951)
Original print: Bromide print, 244 mm x 198 mm
Remastered print: Archival ink on baryta-coated cotton paper.
Size: 1293 mm x 1092 mm, 2023.

Artist: Bassano Ltd (active 1901-1962)
Title: Audrey Hepburn (1929 - 1993) in costume for 'The Secret People'
Original print: Bromide print, 21 November 1950, 200 mm x 154 mm,
Remastered print: Archival ink on baryta-coated cotton paper.
Size: 1724 mm x 1373 mm

Artist: Lord Snowdon (1930 -2017)
Title: Marie Rambert (1888- 1982)
Original print: Gelatin silver print, 396 mm x 266 mm. 18 February 1976,
Remastered print: Archival ink on baryta-coated cotton paper.
Size: 1724mm x 1373mm,

Ground floor view of Audrey Green at the National Portrait Gallery, London, showing large-format archival prints of Margot Fonteyn, Audrey Hepburn and Marie Rambert.

Artist: Angus McBean (1904-1990)
Title: Audrey Hepburn (1929 - 1993)

Original print: Bromide Print, 495mm x 380mm, 1950.
Remastered print: Baryta Coated Cotton Rag and Archival Ink,
Size: 1642mm x 1250mm, 2023 Alan McFetridge.

Ground Floor Audrey Green Cafe Entrance:
Portrait of Audrey Hepburn by Angus McBean

Ground Floor Audrey Green Cafe:
Portrait of Michael Clark by Chris Garnham,

Ground Floor Audrey Green Cafe:

Artist: Chris Garnham, (1958-1989)
Title: Michael Clark, (1962-)

Original print: Bromide print, 294 x 290 mm, 1984
Remastered print: Baryta Coated Cotton Rag and

Archival Ink by Alan McFetridge, 2023
Size: 267 mm x 1250 mm

Above: Audrey Green interior with George Harrison in Miami by Sir Paul McCartney (1964) printed to 2400mm x 3600mm — photograph by Alan McFetridge 2023.