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Dog on Shore
Presented by Warren MacKenzie 1986
abstraction
animals: mammals
beach
colour
dog - non-specific
emotions, concepts and ideas
figure
formal qualities
from recognisable sources
landscape
seascapes and coasts
paper print linocut
Dog on the Shore
image: 102 × 151 mm
Presented by Warren MacKenzie 1986
<p><b>Patrick Hayman</b><span> 1915-1988 </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/hayman-dog-on-the-shore-p11095" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P11095</span></a> </span><b>Dog on the Shore</b><span>
1951 </span>
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<p><span>Linocut 102 x 151 (4 x 6) on Fabriano paper 152 x 224 (6 x 8 3/4); watermark C. M. FABRIANO; printed and published by the artist</span>
<br/><span>Inscribed ‘Hayman' below image b.l., ‘Dog on the Shore' below image b.r. and ‘5th of 6 prints' on back of mount at centre</span>
<br/><span>Presented by Warren MacKenzie 1986 </span>
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<p><span>Like </span><a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="/art/artworks/P11094" onclick="popTateObjects(event, -1, 'P11094');" title="View details of this artwork"><span>P11094</span></a><span>
‘Dog on the Shore' was made in autumn 1951 and exhibited in St Ives in December of that year. Hayman stated in correspondence with the Tate Gallery that he printed this work in several different colours. While <span>P11095</span> is bright yellow, Hayman had in his collection a pale green version of 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> (letter to the compiler dated 4 December 1987). </span>
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<p><span>Of the subject matter of this print Hayman wrote: </span>
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<blockquote><span>The IMAGERY, particularly of DOGS - ANIMALS - FIERCE or FRIENDLY, possibly started in Cornwall (tho' possibly in NEW ZEALAND). MAORI ART is full of strange monsters &amp; peopled by a PANTHEON of GODS to explain the NATURE of the UNIVERSE. I perhaps unconsciously felt that there were a lot of unexplained phenomena in Cornwall - MONSTERS LUMINOUS, FRIENDLY +/or DANGEROUS (letter dated 23 November 1987). </span>
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<p><span>New Zealand, home to six generations of the artist's family from the 1860s to the present day had, Hayman wrote, ‘an extremely potent + hypnotic effect on me' (letter dated 22 December 1987). </span>
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<p><span>Hayman later re-used the lino of <span>P11095</span>, <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/painting" title="Glossary definition for 'Painting'"><span>painting</span></a> and mounting it. This work, now in the collection of the artist's widow, is entitled ‘Dragon'. Hayman described it as ‘the beginning of many paintings - of </span><span>MONSTERS</span><span>
&amp; </span><span>constructions</span><span>
of DRAGONS or MONSTERS (AMUSING OR FRIGHTENING) THAT HAVE PLAYED AN IMPORTANT ROLE in my work' (letter dated 23 November 1987). </span>
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<p><span>This entry has been approved by the artist. </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, pp.376-7</span>
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Catalogue entry
2004-09-20T00:00:00
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abstraction animals: mammals beach colour dog - non-specific emotions, concepts and ideas figure formal qualities from recognisable sources landscape seascapes and coasts