Screenprint on paper
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proof Mr Peanuts
Presented anonymously through the Friends of the Tate Gallery 1980
abstraction
colour
emotions, concepts and ideas
formal qualities
geometric
irregular forms
non-representational
pattern
paper print screenprint
[no title: proof for Mr Peanuts]
image: 698 × 489 mm
Presented anonymously through the Friends of the Tate Gallery 1980
<p><b>P01989</b> [from] THREE WORKING PROOFS FOR MR PEANUT 1970 [<a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/paolozzi-no-title-proof-for-mr-peanuts-p01987" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P01987</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/paolozzi-no-title-proof-for-mr-peanuts-p01989" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P01989</span></a>]
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<br/>Three screenprints, printed at Atelier Haas, Stuttgart, each 27 1/2 × 19 1/4 (69.8 × 48.8)
<br/>Presented anonymously through the Friends of the Tate 1980
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<br/>'Mr. Peanut’ (op.cit., no.55) was published by Württenburg, Stuttgart in an <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/edition" title="Glossary definition for 'Edition'"><span>edition</span></a> of 150. These three proofs are for the screeprinted background: in the final version small images as if from printed stickers <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/c/collage" title="Glossary definition for 'Collage'"><span>collaged</span></a> on are added over this ground. These images include a rocket, a car, a flying saucer and the American ‘Mr. Peanut’ trademark: a peanut in top hat, monocle, white gloves and spats. The ground colours are printed in different colourways throughout the edition.
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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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2004-10-08T00:00:00
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abstraction colour emotions, concepts and ideas formal qualities geometric irregular forms non-representational pattern