Screenprint on paper
Tate Collection
Works with images
General Collection
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Stones and Bones
<a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/john-piper-1774" aria-label="More by John Piper" data-gtm-name="header_link_artist" data-gtm-destination="page--artist">John Piper</a>
Purchased 1980
adults
church
Dorset
England
England, South West
England, Southern
figure
fine arts and music
font
interiors
objects
people
places
relief
religious
religious and ceremonial
Toller Fratrum, St Basil’s Church
UK cities, towns and villages
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<p>This screenprint was enlarged from a photograph that Piper had made much earlier. He chose it to become part of his portfolio of prints called Stones and Bones. In it he assembled a range of his favourite works as a demonstration of his art and what it was about.</p><p>The photograph was originally taken as part of a survey of the ancient fonts in British churches, which had not been studied before. These were some of the oldest sculpture in Britain, and Piper related them to the abstract paintings he made in the 1930s.</p><p><em>Gallery label, July 2008</em></p>
paper print screenprint
8 November 2004 – 1 August 2005
2005-08-01
8 November 2004
2004-11-08
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2004-11-08
John Piper: Ruins
Collection based display
[no title]
unconfirmed: 502 × 698 mm
Purchased 1980
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<span class="text7">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/s/screenprint" title="Glossary definition for 'Screenprint'"><span>screenprint</span></a> was enlarged from a <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/photograph" title="Glossary definition for 'Photograph'"><span>photograph</span></a> that      Piper had made much earlier. He chose it to become part of his </span><span class="text14"><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/portfolio" title="Glossary definition for 'Portfolio'"><span>portfolio</span></a> of <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> called </span><span class="text15">Stones      and Bones.</span><span class="text16"> </span><span class="text7">In it he      assembled a range of his favourite works as a demonstration of his art and      what it was about. </span>
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<span class="text7">The photograph was originally taken as part of a survey      of the ancient fonts in British churches, which had not been studied      before. These were some of the oldest <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/sculpture" title="Glossary definition for 'Sculpture'"><span>sculpture</span></a> in Britain, and Piper      related them to 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/a/abstract-art" title="Glossary definition for 'Abstract art'"><span>abstract</span></a> <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>paintings</span></a> he made in the 1930s. </span>
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adults church Dorset England England, Southern England, South West figure fine arts and music font interiors objects people places relief religious religious and ceremonial Toller Fratrum, St Basil’s Church UK cities, towns and villages UK counties UK countries and regions