Lithograph on papers and strings
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<a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/richard-smith-1959" aria-label="More by Richard Smith" data-gtm-name="header_link_artist" data-gtm-destination="page--artist">Richard Smith</a>
Four Knots
Purchased 1980
abstraction
geometric
gestural
non-representational
paper unique lithograph papers strings
Four Knots
support: 705 × 765 mm
Purchased 1980
<p><b>P07400</b> FOUR KNOTS 1976
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<br/>Inscribed ‘R Smith 76’ bottom centre and ‘18/50’
<br/>Lithograph with collage on folded sheet, printed by Ian Lawson and published by Bernard Jacobson, 27 3/4×30 1/8 (70.5×76.5)
<br/>Purchased from Bernard Jacobson (Grant-in-Aid) 1980
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<br/>From 1968 onwards Smith had used folded or layered <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/paper" title="Glossary definition for 'Paper'"><span>paper</span></a> for his <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/print" title="Glossary definition for 'Print'"><span>prints</span></a>. He also used fixings - usually paper clips and from 1973 onwards, string-in preference to adhesives, intending always to keep the materials and structure of his work self-evident. ‘Four Knots’ is one of a small group of individual prints made in 1976–7; characteristics of this print, the deep parallel folds and the colour in a transparent wash with dribbles, were developed in ‘Two of a Kind, Three of a Kind’ [<a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/smith-triangles-p07401" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P07401</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/smith-triangles-p07403" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P07403</span></a>; incomplete].
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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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2004-10-11T00:00:00
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abstraction geometric gestural non-representational