Blind embossed print on paper
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Presented by Professor Akumal Ramachander 1985
abstraction
emotions, concepts and ideas
formal qualities
geometric
non-representational
texture
paper print blind embossed
a b/a b
image: 495 × 370 mm
Presented by Professor Akumal Ramachander 1985
<strong>Antoni Starczewski</strong> born 1924
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<a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/starczewski-a-b-a-b-p11092" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P11092</span></a> <strong>a+b/a+b</strong> 1971
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Etching 495 x 370 (19 9/16 x 14 9/16) on Arches paper 660 x 502 (26 x 19 3/4); watermark 'Arches France' below image b.l.; printed by the artist, publisher unknown, not editioned<br/>
Inscribed 'a+b/a+b' below image b.l. 'Antoni Starczewski 1971' below image b.r. and 'e.a.' below image bottom centre<br/>
Presented by Professor Akumal Ramachander 1985
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The sheet is subdivided into nine horizontal bands, with the reiterated <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/e/embossed" title="Glossary definition for 'Embossed'"><span>embossed</span></a> pastern going diagonally first in one direction, then in the other. The bands are separated by slightly larger lines of embossed pattern. The pattern creased is similar to the embossed patterns of a Braille script, although without the variations demanded by different combinations for letters of the alphabet. The plate was not inked.
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<strong>Published in:</strong><br/>
<em>The Tate Gallery 1984-86: Illustrated Catalogue of Acquisitions Including Supplement to Catalogue of Acquisitions 1982-84</em>, Tate Gallery, London 1988, p.457

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abstraction emotions, concepts and ideas formal qualities geometric non-representational texture