Tempera on fabric
Tate Collection
Works with images
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Chantrey Bequest
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<a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/edward-wadsworth-2113" aria-label="More by Edward Wadsworth" data-gtm-name="header_link_artist" data-gtm-destination="page--artist">Edward Wadsworth</a>
Signals
Presented by the Trustees of the Chantrey Bequest 1951
architecture
buoy
dock
flag - non-specific
machinery
mast
objects
religious and ceremonial
rigging
rope
scientific and measuring
scientific instrument
ship - non-specific
society
tools and machinery
townscapes / man-made features
transport: water
painting tempera fabric
Signals
support: 1016 × 711 mm
Presented by the Trustees of the <a href="/search?gid=999999977" data-gtm-name="tombstone_link_bequest" data-gtm-destination="list-page--search-results">Chantrey Bequest</a> 1951
<p><b>N06029</b> SIGNALS 1942
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<br/>Inscr. ‘Wadsworth 1942’ b.l.
<br/>Tempera on linen laid on plywood, 40×28 (101·5×71).
<br/>Chantrey Purchase from Mrs Wadsworth 1951.
<br/><i>Exh:</i> British Council, <i>International Exhibition of Contemporary Art</i>, Gezira, Cairo, March–April 1947 (British Section, 41, repr.); Tate Gallery, February–March 1951 (43); R.A., 1951 (675).
<br/><i>Repr:</i> <i>Royal Academy Illustrated</i>, 1951, p.54.</p>
<p>This picture was painted at Buxton, Derbyshire, between August and September 1942 (letter from the artist's daughter, 4 September 1956).</p>
<p><b>Published in:</b>
<br/>Mary Chamot, Dennis Farr and Martin Butlin, <i>The Modern British Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture</i>, London 1964, II
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2004-07-22T00:00:00
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architecture buoy dock flag - non-specific machinery mast objects religious and ceremonial rigging rope scientific and measuring scientific instrument ship - non-specific society tools and machinery townscapes / man-made features transport: water