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In Trees
Presented by Warren MacKenzie 1986
abstraction
colour
from recognisable sources
irregular forms
landscape
landscape
non-representational
wooded
paper print screenprint
In the Trees
image: 255 × 242 mm
Presented by Warren MacKenzie 1986
<p><b>Peter Lanyon</b><span> 1918-64 </span>
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<p><span><a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/lanyon-in-the-trees-p11093" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P11093</span></a> </span><b>In the Trees</b><span>
1951 </span>
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<p><span>Screenprint on machine-made paper 255 x 242 (10 x 9 1/2); printed by the artist and Warren MacKenzie in an edition of 8</span>
<br/><span>Inscribed ‘8/8 | Peter Lanyon /51' below image b.l. and on back ‘In the Trees/ Peter Lanyon' at centre</span>
<br/><span>Presented by Warren MacKenzie 1986 </span>
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<p><span>In a letter to the Tate Gallery dated 10 August 1985 Warren MacKenzie has written about 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/s/screenprint" title="Glossary definition for 'Screenprint'"><span>screen print</span></a> by Lanyon: ‘Like the "Underground" [</span><a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="/art/artworks/P11082" onclick="popTateObjects(event, -1, 'P11082');" title="View details of this artwork"><span>P11082</span></a><span>] he printed &amp; then washed off the first screen or two &amp; then overprinted with at least three &amp; possibly four screens. There is a dark green, white, then black in this order'. </span>
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<p><span>Concerning the subject matter of the work, MacKenzie has commented, ‘Peter's titles came after the work was completed &amp; were simply what it suggested to him' (letter postmarked 25 November 1987). It is not possible to be more specific about the source or <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/r/representational" title="Glossary definition for 'Representational'"><span>representational</span></a> meaning of the image. In this period Lanyon was following the path of allusive <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/abstract-art" title="Glossary definition for 'Abstract art'"><span>abstraction</span></a> that was the mainstay of his mature work. On this point his widow, Mrs Sheila Lanyon, has stated, ‘If it says "Underground" it is - and "In the trees" is in the trees' (letter to the Tate Gallery dated 30 November 1987). </span>
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<p><b>Published in:</b>
<br/><i>The Tate Gallery 1984-86: Illustrated Catalogue of Acquisitions Including Supplement to Catalogue of Acquisitions 1982-84</i><span>, Tate Gallery, London 1988, p.404</span>
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Catalogue entry
2004-09-20T00:00:00
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abstraction colour from recognisable sources irregular forms landscape landscape non-representational wooded