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Cornish Fields
Presented by Warren MacKenzie 1986
abstraction
astronomy
Cornwall
England
England, South West
England, Southern
farmland
field
from recognisable sources
hill
landscape
landscape
moon
places
UK counties
UK countries and regions
paper print screenprint
Cornish Fields
image: 153 × 193 mm
Presented by Warren MacKenzie 1986
<p><b>Alix MacKenzie</b><span> 1922-1962 </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/mackenzie-cornish-fields-p11098" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P11098</span></a> </span><b>Cornish Fields</b><span>
1951 </span>
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<p><span>Screenprint 153 x 193 (6 x 7 5/8) on wove paper 254 x 280 (10 x 11); printed by the artist in an edition of 20</span>
<br/><span>Inscribed ‘By Alix MacKenzie | (not her signature)' in another hand below image b.r.</span>
<br/><span>Presented by Warren MacKenzie 1986 </span>
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<p><span>The three <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>prints</span></a>, </span><a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="/art/artworks/P11096" onclick="popTateObjects(event, -1, 'P11096');" title="View details of this artwork"><span>P11096</span></a><span>, </span><a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="/art/artworks/P11097" onclick="popTateObjects(event, -1, 'P11097');" title="View details of this artwork"><span>P11097</span></a><span>
and <span>P11098</span> were made in St Ives, a year after Alix and Warren MacKenzie moved to Cornwall from America. They were made for the </span><i>Prints under £1</i><span>
exhibition at Robin Nance's shop, St Ives in December 1951, for which Alix MacKenzie designed the poster (Tate Gallery Archives TAP 1078). The exhibition included work by Warren and Alix MacKenzie, John Wells, Patrick Hayman and Peter Lanyon (see entries for Warren MacKenzie </span><a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="/art/artworks/P04942" onclick="popTateObjects(event, -1, 'P04942');" title="View details of this artwork"><span>P04942</span></a><span>, </span><a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="/art/artworks/P02943" onclick="popTateObjects(event, -1, 'P02943');" title="View details of this artwork"><span>P02943</span></a><span>
and </span><a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="/art/artworks/P02944" onclick="popTateObjects(event, -1, 'P02944');" title="View details of this artwork"><span>P02944</span></a><span>). </span>
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<p><span>These were the artist's first <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/s/screenprint" title="Glossary definition for 'Screenprint'"><span>screenprints</span></a>. She used a combination of glue and tusche screens and film-cut screens, sometimes altering them by hand after printing, in the case of </span><span>P11096</span><span>
with <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/charcoal" title="Glossary definition for 'Charcoal'"><span>charcoal</span></a>. </span>
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<p><span>In a letter to the compiler postmarked 25 November 1987, Warren MacKenzie wrote: ‘Alix was always <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>drawing</span></a> from what she saw and the gull on porch [</span><span>P11096</span><span>] was the back steps up to the studio ... I think Alix just liked bird shapes'. </span>
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<p><span>P11097</span><span>
does not represent a particular person. </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, p.409</span>
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Catalogue entry
2004-09-20T00:00:00
catalogue-entry
CATALOGUE_ENTRY
abstraction astronomy Cornwall England England, Southern England, South West farmland field from recognisable sources hill landscape landscape moon places UK counties UK countries and regions