Screenprint on ceramic tile
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<a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/ian-hamilton-finlay-1093" aria-label="More by Ian Hamilton Finlay" data-gtm-name="header_link_artist" data-gtm-destination="page--artist">Ian Hamilton Finlay</a>
TreeShells
Purchased 1981
abstraction
animals: features
colour
emotions, concepts and ideas
formal qualities
from recognisable sources
hill
inscriptions
instructions
lake
landscape
landscape
pun
shell
sound
symbols and personifications
title of work
tree
universal concepts
water: inland
sculpture screenprint ceramic tile
Tree-Shells
unconfirmed: 153 × 153 mm
Purchased 1981
<p><b>P07467</b> [from] TREESHELLS 1975 [<a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/finlay-midway-through-a-dark-wood-p07465" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P07465</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/finlay-uss-enterprise-a-celebration-of-earth-air-fire-water-p07468" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P07468</span></a>; complete]
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<br/>Not inscribed
<br/>Four ceramic tiles with screenprinting, published by the Wild Hawthorn Press, Each 6×6 (15.3×15.3)
<br/>Purchased from Coracle Press (Grant-in-Aid) 1981
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<br/>[no further details]
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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 animals: features colour emotions, concepts and ideas formal qualities from recognisable sources hill inscriptions instructions lake landscape landscape pun shell sound symbols and personifications title of work tree universal concepts water: inland