Barry Flanagan 1941-2009
Herring Drifter at Fort Augustus Swing Bridge at Night, 1976
linocut on cream Vélin d'Arches
7 1/2 x 11 1/8 in
19 x 28 cm
19 x 28 cm
signed, dated and inscribed AP in pencil
This was the first of a series of linocuts Flanagan created whilst visiting Scotland 1976-7. Elizabeth Knowles quotes the artist as saying ‘they were all done in the field'. This...
This was the first of a series of linocuts Flanagan created whilst visiting Scotland 1976-7. Elizabeth Knowles quotes the artist as saying ‘they were all done in the field'. This work depicts a herring drifter seen whilst the artist was at Fort Augustus, which lies on the southern edge of Loch Ness.
Tate Collection, P02800
Tate Collection, P02800
Exhibitions
Llandudno, Mostyn Art Gallery, Sixties and Seventies: Prints and Drawings by Barry Flanagan, 1981, p.4Literature
Elizabeth Knowles ed., Barry Flanagan Prints 1970-1983, exh. cat., London: Tate Gallery, 1986, p.30The Tate Gallery 1984-86: Illustrated Catalogue of Acquisitions Including Supplement to Catalogue of Acquisitions 1982-84, London: Tate Gallery, 1988, pp.333 and 350
