Woodcut and screenprint on paper
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<a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/jennifer-bartlett-698" aria-label="More by Jennifer Bartlett" data-gtm-name="header_link_artist" data-gtm-destination="page--artist">Jennifer Bartlett</a>
At Sea Japan
Purchased 1981
abstraction
countries and continents
from recognisable sources
Japan
landscape
places
sea
seascapes and coasts
paper print woodcut screenprint
At Sea Japan
image: 571 × 2545 mm
Purchased 1981
<p><b>P07443</b> AT SEA JAPAN 1980
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<br/>Inscribed ‘J Bartlett’ and ‘27/58’ bottom right on back of last sheet, and ‘A’ to ‘F’ on back of each sheet (left to right)
<br/>Woodcut and screenprint on six sheets, printed by Simca Print Artists in Tokyo, published by them with the artist in New York, 22 1/2×100 1/4 (57.1×254.5)
<br/>Purchased from Paula Cooper Gallery (Grant-in-Aid) 1981
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<br/>The artist worked in Japan with Japanese Ukiyo-e (<a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/w/woodcut" title="Glossary definition for 'Woodcut'"><span>woodblock</span></a> printing) craftsmen to make the twelve elliptical shapes that run across all six sheets; <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>screenprinting</span></a> was then used for the rest of the image (about 90 screens in all). The <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> is related to a large <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> of the same title.
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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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Catalogue entry
2004-10-11T00:00:00
catalogue-entry
CATALOGUE_ENTRY
abstraction countries and continents from recognisable sources Japan landscape places sea seascapes and coasts