Watermark on paper
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<a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/ian-tyson-2081" aria-label="More by Ian Tyson" data-gtm-name="header_link_artist" data-gtm-destination="page--artist">Ian Tyson</a>
Sign
Presented by the artist 1982
abstraction
geometric
monochromatic
non-representational
paper print watermark
Sign
image: 181 × 156 mm
Presented by the artist 1982
<p><b>P02557</b> SIGN 1981
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<br/>Inscribed ‘Ian Tyson 81’ bottom right and ‘37/90’ and ‘Sign’
<br/>Watermark made from pulp at Jinn Handmade Papers, Friedberg, published by Edition Hoffmann and Gorbel Hymen Müller, Friedberg in an edition of 90, 7 1/8× 6 1/8 (18×15.5)
<br/>Presented by the artist 1982
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<br/>The image, which is presented in the form of 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/w/watermark" title="Glossary definition for 'Watermark'"><span>watermark</span></a>, relates to four <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/woodcut" title="Glossary definition for 'Woodcut'"><span>woodcuts</span></a> Tyson made for Zen in 1981, a book published by Wolfgang Tiessen in Neueisenberg, West Germany. It also relates to the five woodcuts in ‘Utamaro Variations’ published by the artist in 1982. The watermark was created by cutting the shape in very thin polystyrene which was then sewed onto 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/p/paper" title="Glossary definition for 'Paper'"><span>paper</span></a> mould with thin nylon thread. The image is best perceived when lit from behind.
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<br/><b>Published in:</b>
<br/><i>The Tate Gallery 1980-82: Illustrated Catalogue of Acquisitions</i>, London 1984
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Catalogue entry
2004-10-08T00:00:00
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abstraction geometric monochromatic non-representational