Etching on paper
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Works with images
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<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>
Imitations
Purchased 1982
abstraction
aircraft - non-specific
animals: features
body
colour
eating
eating and drinking
emotions, concepts and ideas
figure
formal qualities
fragmentation
from recognisable sources
furnishings
geometric
glass
handprint
irregular forms
leisure and pastimes
man-made
miscellaneous
natural phenomena
non-representational
objects
paw mark
people
reflection
society
symmetry
table
transport: air
paper print etching
Imitations
image: 686 × 541 mm
Purchased 1982
<p><a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/cohen-imitations-p07756" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P07756</span></a> <b>Imitations</b> 1981
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<br/>Etching 27 × 21 1/4 (686 × 541) on Velin Arches 36 × 27 (915 × 684), printed by Nigel Oxley at Kelpra Studio and published by Waddington Graphics
<br/>Inscribed ‘Bernard Cohen 1981’ b.r. and ‘IMITATIONS 6/60’; impressed with the printer's and publisher's stamp
<br/>Purchased from Waddington Graphics (Grant-in-Aid) 1982
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<br/>‘Imitations’ is from a group of four <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> as follows: ‘Concerning the Meal’, ‘Imitations’, ‘The Trace’ and ‘Things Seen’. All four prints refer to the ritual of dining in domestic surroundings. The central image of <span>P07756</span> is an aeroplane depicted as though reflected in a glass top table. The table itself appears to be cracked and shows signs of the meal having ended. The cracked appearance is created by Cohen's use of deliberately fragmented plates, the edge of each plate revealing an unprinted, uneven line.
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<br/>The imagery imployed in this work which includes aeroplanes, paddles, paw marks and hand prints is similar to that used in the other prints in the series and refer to Cohen's own living environment near the River Thames in Kew. For a discussion on the significance of these images see the entries on <a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/cohen-concerning-the-meal-p05547" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P05547</span></a> ‘Concerning the Meal’ 1980 and 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/painting" title="Glossary definition for 'Painting'"><span>painting</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/cohen-matter-of-identity-iii-the-trace-t03284" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>T03284</span></a> ‘Matter of Identity III - The Trace’ 1977–9 in The Tate Gallery Illustrated Catalogue of Acquisitions 1980–82, pp.241 and 64–7.
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<br/>This entry has been approved by the artist.
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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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CATALOGUE_ENTRY
abstraction aircraft - non-specific animals: features body colour eating eating and drinking emotions, concepts and ideas figure formal qualities fragmentation from recognisable sources furnishings geometric glass handprint irregular forms leisure and pastimes man-made miscellaneous natural phenomena non-representational objects paw mark people reflection society symmetry table transport: air