Watercolour and screenprint on paper
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FenceClimbing Plant
Purchased 1984
abstraction
architecture
fence
from recognisable sources
gestural
landscape
non-representational
organic
plant
plants and flowers
townscapes / man-made features
paper unique watercolour screenprint
Fence/Climbing Plant
image: 241 × 293 mm
Purchased 1984
<p><a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/clough-fence-climbing-plant-p07917" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P07917</span></a> <b>Fence/Climbing Plant</b> 1978
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<br/>Screenprint 9 1/2 × 11 1/2 (241 × 293) on paper 11 1/2 × 13 1/2 (291 × 343) with hand colouring in watercolour, printed by the artist (not editioned)
<br/>Inscribed on the back 1978
<br/>Purchased from the artist (Grant-in-Aid) 1984
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<br/>These three <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> [<span>P07917</span>, <a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/clough-gate-detail-p07918" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P07918</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/clough-gate-p07919" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P07919</span></a>] were made at Wimbledon School of Art while Clough was teaching there. In <span>P07917</span> and <span>P07918</span> the image from a single screen was used as a basis on which to try a variety of different drawn and painted additions. Clough would prepare a sheet in her own studio and then take it to Wimbledon and print the screen image over it, sometimes adding more work by hand afterwards. In ‘Fence/Climbing Plant’ there is a washed rubbed ground of soft grey with some purple and orange; in ‘Gate Detail’ the ground is also washed and rubbed with powdery-looking pigment, predominantly grey but with some pale yellow. In ‘Gate’ a more substantial <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/screenprint" title="Glossary definition for 'Screenprint'"><span>screenprinted</span></a> image is over-worked in red <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/w/watercolour" title="Glossary definition for 'Watercolour'"><span>watercolour</span></a> and crayon.
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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
catalogue-entry
CATALOGUE_ENTRY
abstraction architecture fence from recognisable sources gestural landscape non-representational organic plant plants and flowers townscapes / man-made features