Screenprint on paper
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<a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/john-christie-904" aria-label="More by John Christie" data-gtm-name="header_link_artist" data-gtm-destination="page--artist">John Christie</a>
Banners I
Purchased 1981
abstraction
cloth
emotions, concepts and ideas
flag - non-specific
formal qualities
from recognisable sources
man-made
miscellaneous
objects
photographic
religious and ceremonial
paper print screenprint
Banners No. I
image: 403 × 252 mm
Purchased 1981
<p><b>P07527</b> BANNERS NO. 1 1980
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<br/>Inscribed ‘John Christie May 80’ bottom right and ‘Banners I’ and ‘8/60’
<br/>Screenprint, printed and published by the artist, 15 7/8×9 7/8 (40.3×25.2)
<br/>Purchased from the artist (Grant-in-Aid) 1982
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<br/>'This <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> was made after reading an excerpt from a manuscript written in 1942 for the Museum of Modern Art Library, New York, by Arshile Gorky about 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/painting" title="Glossary definition for 'Painting'"><span>painting</span></a> “Garden in Sochi”. He describes an enormous tree standing in his Father's garden upon whose branches the villagers would tie strips of cloth torn from their clothing. Eventually, over the years, it came to look like “a parade of banners under the pressure of wind...”.’ (loc.cit.)
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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 cloth emotions, concepts and ideas flag - non-specific formal qualities from recognisable sources man-made miscellaneous objects photographic religious and ceremonial