Screenprint on paper
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Gourd collaboration with Ron Costley
Purchased 1981
abstraction
aircraft, military
emotions, concepts and ideas
food and drink
from recognisable sources
fruit, gourd
inscriptions
Latin text
man-made
objects
organic
pun
ship, warship
society
symbols and personifications
title of work
transport: air
transport: water
universal concepts
paper print screenprint
Gourd [collaboration with Ron Costley]
image: 280 × 418 mm
Purchased 1981
<p><b>P07464</b> GOURD 1975
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<br/>Inscribed (on folder) ‘Ian Hamilton Finlay’ and ‘13’
<br/>Screenprint printed at PKM Studio and published by the Wild Hawthorn Press in an edition of 350, 11×16 1/2 (28×41.8)
<br/>Purchased from Coracle Press (Grant-in-Aid) 1981
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<br/>Made in collaboration with Ron Costley. The image presents a ship in section with aeroplanes inside it like seeds in a gourd.
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<br/><b>Published in:</b>
<br/>The Tate Gallery 1980-82: Illustrated Catalogue of Acquisitions, London 1984
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Catalogue entry
2004-07-23T00:00:00
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abstraction aircraft, military emotions, concepts and ideas food and drink from recognisable sources fruit, gourd inscriptions Latin text man-made objects organic pun ship, warship society symbols and personifications title of work transport: air transport: water universal concepts