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Apple Tree and Grafts
Purchased 1981
agriculture and fishing
apple
emotions, concepts and ideas
formal qualities
grafting
photographic
work and occupations
paper print lithograph
The Apple Tree and the Grafts
image: 875 × 665 mm
Purchased 1981
<p><b>P07588</b> THE APPLE TREE AND THE GRAFTS 1979
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<br/>Inscribed ‘B Jesih’ bottom right and ‘1979’ and ‘EA V IX’
<br/>Lithograph, printed and published by the artist (edition size not known), 34 3/8×26 1/8 (87.5×66.5)
<br/>Purchased from the artist (Grant-in-Aid) 1981
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<br/>Jesih uses <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/p/photograph" title="Glossary definition for 'Photograph'"><span>photography</span></a> with <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/d/drawing" title="Glossary definition for 'Drawing'"><span>drawing</span></a> to obtain a soft-focus effect similar to coarse-grained photographic printing, making a lyrical but at the same time quasi-documentary image of a tree.
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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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2004-10-11T00:00:00
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agriculture and fishing apple emotions, concepts and ideas formal qualities grafting photographic work and occupations