Etching on paper
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<a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/prunella-clough-921" aria-label="More by Prunella Clough" data-gtm-name="header_link_artist" data-gtm-destination="page--artist">Prunella Clough</a>
Corrugated Fence
Purchased 1984
architecture
fence
townscape, distant
townscapes / man-made features
paper print etching
Corrugated Fence
image: 87 × 123 mm
Purchased 1984
<p><a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/clough-corrugated-fence-p07915" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P07915</span></a> <b>Corrugated Fence</b> 1955
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<br/>Etching 3 3/8 × 4 7/8 (87 × 123) on irregularly cut paper approx. 6 1/4 × 7 3/4 (160 × 198), printed by the artist (not editioned)
<br/>Inscribed ‘1955’ on the back
<br/>Purchased from the artist (Grant-in-Aid) 1984
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<br/>These four <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/e/etching" title="Glossary definition for 'Etching'"><span>etchings</span></a> [<a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/clough-skull-and-pomegranate-p07914" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P07914</span></a>, <a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/clough-kippers-p07911" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P07911</span></a>, <a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/clough-marsh-plants-p07912" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P07912</span></a>, <span>P07915</span>] were made at Chelsea School of Art, where Clough was teaching. As it was a new <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/m/medium" title="Glossary definition for 'Medium'"><span>medium</span></a> for her she turned to simple images which she drew on the plates through a hard ground. With the exception of ‘Corrugated Fence’ [<span>P07915</span>], the images are <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/s/still-life" title="Glossary definition for 'Still life'"><span>still life</span></a> subjects unrelated to the development of Clough's <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/painting" title="Glossary definition for 'Painting'"><span>paintings</span></a> at that time. She made a number of proofs but none of the etchings was editioned. As no satisfactory impression was available when this group of acquisitions was selected in 1983, the plate ‘Marsh Plants’ was printed specially for the Tate Gallery at Wimbledon School of Art.
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<br/><b>Published in:</b>
<br/><i>The Tate Gallery 1982-84: Illustrated Catalogue of Acquisitions</i>, London 1986
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Catalogue entry
2004-10-13T00:00:00
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architecture fence townscape, distant townscapes / man-made features