Lithograph on papers and 4 metal paperclips
Tate Collection
Works with images
General Collection
Collection
Two of a Kind, Three of a Kind
<a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/richard-smith-1959" aria-label="More by Richard Smith" data-gtm-name="header_link_artist" data-gtm-destination="page--artist">Richard Smith</a>
Triangles
Purchased 1980
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colour
geometric
gestural
non-representational
paper unique lithograph papers 4 metal paperclips
Triangles
support: 705 × 905 mm
Purchased 1980
<p><b>P07401</b> TRIANGLES 1978 [<a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/smith-triangles-p07401" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P07401</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/smith-triangles-p07403" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P07403</span></a>; incomplete]
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<br/>From ‘Two of a Kind, Three of a Kind’ All inscribed ‘R. Smith 78’ bottom right and 48/60’
<br/>Three lithographs with paper clips on folded sheets, printed by Ian Lawson and published by Bernard Jacobson, in range 27 3/4×30 1/2–27 3/4×35 5/8 (70.6×77.5–70.5× 90.5)
<br/>Purchased from Bernard Jacobson (Grant-in-Aid) 1980
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<br/>Three from a set of fifteen, all in pairs or threes, all with two deep folds (<span>P07401</span> is the only one with a single fold) secured with paper clips at 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/paper" title="Glossary definition for 'Paper'"><span>paper</span></a> edges. The symmetrical images, rectangles, squares and triangles, are in pale colour washes with long dribbles to the bottom edge of the sheet accentuating their vertically.
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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 colour geometric gestural non-representational