Watercolour and screenprint on paper
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Sounds Barely Heard 
Purchased 1981
abstraction
emotions, concepts and ideas
forest
from recognisable sources
geometric
irregular forms
landscape
landscape
night
non-representational
sound
times of the day
universal concepts
paper unique watercolour screenprint
Sounds Barely Heard ...
support: 394 × 292 mm
Purchased 1981
<p><b>P07526</b> SOUNDS BARELY HEARD... 1979
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<br/>Inscribed ‘John Christie Aug 79’ bottom right and ‘Sounds Barely Heard’ and ‘54/ 65’
<br/>Screenprint with hand colouring, printed and published by the artist, 15 1/2×11 1/2 (35.5×25.2)
<br/>Purchased from the artist (Grant-in-Aid) 1982
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<br/>'The title is a quotation from George Brecht and the image tries to depict sounds slowly falling in a night forest.’ (loc.cit.)
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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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2004-07-26T00:00:00
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abstraction emotions, concepts and ideas forest from recognisable sources geometric irregular forms landscape landscape night non-representational sound times of the day universal concepts