Etching on paper
Tate Collection
Works with images
General Collection
Rose and Chris Prater
Collection
<a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/bernard-cohen-924" aria-label="More by Bernard Cohen" data-gtm-name="header_link_artist" data-gtm-destination="page--artist">Bernard Cohen</a>
Concerning Meal
Presented by Rose and Chris Prater 1980
abstraction
aircraft - non-specific
animals: features
colour
eating
eating and drinking
figure
from recognisable sources
furnishings
geometric
irregular forms
leisure and pastimes
man-made
non-representational
objects
paw mark
society
table
transport: air
paper print etching
Concerning the Meal
image: 686 × 545 mm
Presented by <a href="/search?gid=999999979" data-gtm-name="tombstone_link_bequest" data-gtm-destination="list-page--search-results">Rose and Chris Prater</a> 1980
<p><b>P05547</b> CONCERNING THE MEAL 1980
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<br/>Inscribed ‘Bernard Cohen 1980’ bottom right and ‘Concerning the Meal’ and ‘pp’
<br/>Etching, printed at Kelpra Studio, published by Waddington Graphics in an edition of 60, 27×21 1/2 (68.6×54.5)
<br/>Presented by Rose and Chris Prater 1980
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<br/>The central image of a rather fluid aeroplane is in part disrupted by a grid structure of four predella-like panels. This grid, however, is also overlapped by the aeroplane. The four panels each contain images of small aeroplanes as well as markings suggestive of human and animal footprints or traces. The structure of the image is loosely reminiscent of place settings at a dinner table after the meal is over. While the structure is still evident it is subverted by the act of mixing foods and consuming successive courses without completely clearing them away from the table. For an account of Cohen's related work on the themes of meals and aeroplanes see the catalogue entry for <a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/cohen-matter-of-identity-iii-the-trace-t03284" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>T03284</span></a> (p.64).
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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
catalogue-entry
CATALOGUE_ENTRY
abstraction aircraft - non-specific animals: features colour eating eating and drinking figure from recognisable sources furnishings geometric irregular forms leisure and pastimes man-made non-representational objects paw mark society table transport: air