Etching on paper
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Jumbled Ephemerides
Purchased 1981
abstraction
adults
astronomical chart
astronomy
education, science and learning
figure
figure
from recognisable sources
irregular forms
man-made
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people
scientific and measuring
society
<p>‘Ephemerides’ are tables used by astronomers and navigators giving the position of comets, asteroids and planets at a given date. The circles in the horizontal panel dividing the composition suggest the orbits delineated by these astronomical charts. Although made nearly three decades after <i>CoBrA</i> disbanded, the organic forms and strange, dancing creatures evoked here recall the motifs and unrestrained energy of <i>CoBrA</i> art. The red calligraphic signature indicates Alechinsky’s debt to Japanese art and calligraphy.</p><p><em>Gallery label, July 2005</em></p>
paper print etching
5 April 2004 – 19 March 2006
2006-03-19
5 April 2004 – 19 March 2006
2006-03-19
2004-04-05
Tate Modern (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/modern/
2004-04-05
Questioning Children - Cobra
Collection based display
Jumbled Ephemerides
image: 1680 × 899 mm
Purchased 1981
<p>‘Ephemerides’ are tables used by astronomers and navigators giving the position of comets, asteroids and planets at a given date. The circles in the horizontal panel dividing the composition suggest the orbits delineated by these astronomical charts. Although made nearly three decades after <i>CoBrA</i> disbanded, the organic forms and strange, dancing creatures evoked here recall the motifs and unrestrained energy of <i>CoBrA</i> art. The red calligraphic signature indicates Alechinsky’s debt to Japanese art and calligraphy.</p>

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<p><b>P07522</b> JUMBLED STAR MAP 1980
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<p>Inscribed ‘Alechinsky’ bottom right and ‘1980’ and ‘9/35’ and ‘Ephémérides brouillées’</p>
<p>Etching, printed and published by Maeght Editeur, Paris, 66 1/8×35 3/8 (168×90)
<br/>Purchased from Maeght Editeur (Grant-in-Aid) 1980
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<br/>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/p/print" title="Glossary definition for 'Print'"><span>print</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/alechinsky-in-the-process-of-vanishing-p07520" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P07520</span></a> are from an extensive series of colour <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/e/etching" title="Glossary definition for 'Etching'"><span>etchings</span></a> on very fine Taiwanese papers made in the late 1970s. The prints relate to <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/i/ink" title="Glossary definition for 'Ink'"><span>ink</span></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/d/drawing" title="Glossary definition for 'Drawing'"><span>drawings</span></a> Alechinsky has been making since about 1968.
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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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2004-10-11T00:00:00
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abstraction adults astronomical chart astronomy education, science and learning figure figure from recognisable sources irregular forms man-made non-representational objects people scientific and measuring society