Oil paint and etching on paper
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Four Women
Purchased 1981
adults
animals: mammals
Dutch text
female
horse
inscriptions
nudes
people
symbols and personifications
woman
paper unique oil paint etching
Four Women
support: 641 × 410 mm
Purchased 1981
<p><b>P07533</b> FOUR WOMEN 1980
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<br/>Inscribed ‘Anton Heyboer 1980’ bottom centre and ‘vier vrouwen ziln’
<br/>Etching with paint, printed by the artist, 25 1/4×16 1/8 (64.2×41)
<br/>Purchased from Galerie Espace, Amsterdam (Grant-in-Aid) 1981
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<br/>Three unique <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> [<a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/heyboer-maria-p07531" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P07531</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/heyboer-girl-of-pleasure-p07532" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P07532</span></a> and <a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/heyboer-four-women-p07533" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P07533</span></a>] from industrial zinc sheets made with colours mixed from soil, lead oxide (for red) and raw oil. Heyboer uses a tar ground and draws through it or scratches directly into the plate. He often adds paint, finger prints and small stamp impressions to the printed image. His imagery includes symbols and ideograms of his extraordinary life - he lives with four women in his own rural community.
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<br/><b>Published in:</b>
<br/>The Tate Gallery 1980-82: Illustrated Catalogue of Acquisitions, London 1984
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2004-10-11T00:00:00
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CATALOGUE_ENTRY
adults animals: mammals Dutch text female horse inscriptions nudes people symbols and personifications woman