Etching on paper
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<a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/colin-self-1922" aria-label="More by Colin Self" data-gtm-name="header_link_artist" data-gtm-destination="page--artist">Colin Self</a>
Monument
Purchased 1983
abstraction
architecture
from recognisable sources
man-made
monument
monuments
paper print etching
Monument
image: 778 × 575 mm
Purchased 1983
<p><a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/self-monument-p07942" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P07942</span></a> <b>Monument</b> 1964
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<br/>Etching from found metal plates laid together, 30 5/8 × 22 5/8 (778 × 575) on paper watermarked ‘T H SAUNDERS ENGLAND’, printed by the artist at Norwich School of Art in an edition of 3
<br/>Inscribed ‘Colin Self 1964’ b.l. and ‘5th Monument’ and ‘1/3’; inscribed in the plate ‘MONUMENT II COLIN SELF’
<br/>Purchased from the artist (Grant-in-Aid) 1983
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<br/>There were between four and eight ‘Monuments’ and they followed on from the ‘Bomber’ works. ‘Each one was different. It was virtually impossible to “hold” all those pieces in position as 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/p/print" title="Glossary definition for 'Print'"><span>print</span></a> rolled through. A slow process. Each one was like doing a <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>painting</span></a>. Each had to be inked and wiped [and] positioned. So each was original to counteract repetitive work.’
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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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abstraction architecture from recognisable sources man-made monument monuments