Lithograph and screenprint on paper
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Signs Death and Decay in Sky
Presented anonymously through the Friends of the Tate Gallery 1980
abstraction
aircraft, civil
alien
animals: birds
animals: fantastic
astronaut
body
budgerigar
cartoon / comic strip
clothing and personal items
colour
educational and scientific
emotions, concepts and ideas
formal qualities
geometric
golliwog
heart
lifestyle and culture
mask
monster
non-representational
objects
pattern
people
science fiction
society
spacecraft
toys and models
transport: air
work and occupations
paper print lithograph screenprint
Signs of Death and Decay in the Sky
image: 781 × 524 mm
Presented anonymously through the Friends of the Tate Gallery 1980
<p><b>P01959</b> SIGNS OF DEATH AND DECAY IN THE SKY 1969–70
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<br/>Not inscribed
<br/>Photolithograph, screenprint and lamination (proof), printed at Advanced Graphics, published by Petersburg Press in an edition of 80, 30 3/4 × 20 5/8 (78 × 52.3)
<br/>Presented anonymously through the Friends of the Tate 1980
<br/>Lit: op.cit., no.53
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<br/>Published with ‘Multi-Channel Prototype’,[<a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/paolozzi-multi-channel-prototype-p01958" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P01958</span></a>] also on thick board, and with additional foil lamination. The <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/screenprint" title="Glossary definition for 'Screenprint'"><span>screenprinted</span></a> parts of the image - all but the images reproduced by <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/l/lithography" title="Glossary definition for 'Lithography'"><span>lithography</span></a> as if <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/c/collage" title="Glossary definition for 'Collage'"><span>collaged</span></a> on - are printed in different colourways throughout the <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/edition" title="Glossary definition for 'Edition'"><span>edition</span></a>.
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<br/><b>Published in:</b>
<br/><i>The Tate Gallery 1980-82: Illustrated Catalogue of Acquisitions</i>, London 1984
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2004-10-08T00:00:00
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abstraction aircraft, civil alien animals: birds animals: fantastic astronaut body budgerigar cartoon / comic strip clothing and personal items colour educational and scientific emotions, concepts and ideas formal qualities geometric golliwog heart lifestyle and culture mask monster non-representational objects pattern people science fiction society spacecraft toys and models transport: air work and occupations