Drypoint on paper
Tate Collection
Works with images
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Collection
<a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/sir-terry-frost-1126" aria-label="More by Sir Terry Frost" data-gtm-name="header_link_artist" data-gtm-destination="page--artist">Sir Terry Frost</a>
Leeds
Purchased 1983
abstraction
England
from recognisable sources
gestural
hill
irregular forms
landscape
landscape
Leeds
non-representational
places
seasons
snow
UK counties
UK countries and regions
weather
winter
paper print drypoint
Leeds
image: 125 × 167 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/frost-leeds-p07985" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P07985</span></a> <b>Leeds</b> 1956
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<br/>Drypoint 4 7/8 × 6 5/8 (125 × 167) on paper 7 1/8 × 8 (181 × 205), printed by the artist at Leeds College of Art, not editioned
<br/>Inscribed ‘Terry Frost 56’ b.r. and ‘Leeds. Cottage Rd never editioned possibly 4 printed’
<br/>Purchased from the artist (Grant-in-Aid) 1983
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<br/>‘Leeds’ was made while Frost was Gregory Fellow at Leeds University and refers specifically 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>. It relates closely to a <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> of the same year entitled ‘Winter Landscape’ (British Council Collection, repr. The British Council Collection 1938–1984, 1984, p.61) which depicts similar spiral motifs. According to Frost, ‘The spirals were to do with the movement made in the sheep's wool by the wind in the Dales.’ Frost produced a number of paintings in this period emphasising the contrast between black and white which he had experienced in the snow-covered landscape. The use 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/d/drypoint" title="Glossary definition for 'Drypoint'"><span>drypoint</span></a> in <span>P07985</span> emphasises the blackness of the line. Frost had used 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/m/medium" title="Glossary definition for 'Medium'"><span>medium</span></a> on a number of previous occasions in St Ives.
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<br/>This entry has been approved by the artist.
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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
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CATALOGUE_ENTRY
abstraction England from recognisable sources gestural hill irregular forms landscape landscape Leeds non-representational places seasons snow UK counties UK countries and regions weather winter