Linocut on paper
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Welsh Cob
Purchased 1983
animals: mammals
horse
paper print linocut
Welsh Cob
image: 358 × 254 mm
Purchased 1983
<p><a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/flanagan-welsh-cob-p07936" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P07936</span></a> <b>Welsh Cob</b>
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<br/>Linocut 14 1/4 × 10 (358 × 254) on Velin Arches paper 22 3/8 × 15 1/8 (568 × 384), printed by the artist and Colin Dyer, published by Waddington Graphics
<br/>Inscribed ‘B F’ b.r. and ‘2/50’; impressed with the publisher's stamp b.l.
<br/>Purchased from Waddington Galleries (Grant-in-Aid) 1983
<br/><i>Lit</i>: David Brown, Barry Flanagan Etchings and Linocuts, exhibition catalogue, Waddington Galleries, May 1984 (n.p. repr. in col.); also repr. Barry Flanagan Prints 1970–1983, exhibition catalogue, Tate Gallery, May–August 1986, p.27
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<br/>The following entry is based upon a conversation between the artist and the compiler held on 21 August 1985 and has been approved by the artist. Flanagan's interest in depicting horses was sharpened by the ‘Horses of San Marco’ exhibition held at the Royal <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/a/academy" title="Glossary definition for 'Academy'"><span>Academy</span></a>, London in 1979 and he has executed a number of <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/s/sculpture" title="Glossary definition for 'Sculpture'"><span>sculptures</span></a> and <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> on this theme since then. He stated that ‘a Cob has a certain stocky nature, it's a nice little work horse. The Morgan horse is the closest survivor to the San Marco horse other than a cart horse. A Welsh Cob is a similar sort of horse.’
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<br/>‘Welsh Cob’ was cut direct before the model (see 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/flanagan-field-day-p07935" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P07935</span></a>) but unlike the other prints in this series contains a reference to 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/l/landscape" title="Glossary definition for 'Landscape'"><span>landscape</span></a>. Referring to the manner in which he executed the print Flanagan stated that ‘making prints concentrates the mind. It is a commitment. It is intractable to a degree and requires a lot of attention. <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/g/graphite" title="Glossary definition for 'Graphite'"><span>Pencil</span></a> and <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> I'm not really comfortable with ... I like to go into something and finish it.’ He also remarked ‘I like carving into lino, I like the challenge of achieving fluency of line and clarity of subject, the subtle variations of depth and wrist.’ He regards printmaking as more suited to his ‘sculptor's temperament’ than <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/d/drawing" title="Glossary definition for 'Drawing'"><span>drawing</span></a>.
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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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animals: mammals horse