Peter LanyonThe Returned Seaman 1949

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Artwork details

Artist
Peter Lanyon (1918‑1964)
Title
The Returned Seaman
Date 1949
MediumLinocut and watercolour on paper
Dimensionssupport: 532 x 736 mm
Collection
Tate
Acquisition Purchased 1982
Reference
P07741
Not on display

Catalogue entry

P07741 The Returned Seaman 1949

Linocut with hand colouring 21 × 29 (532 × 736), printed by the artist, not editioned
Inscribed ‘Peter Lanyon / 49’ b.r. and ‘The Returned Seaman’

Purchased from the New Art Centre (Grant-in-Aid) 1982

Lit: Peter Lanyon: Drawings and Graphic Work, exhibition catalogue, City Museum and Art Gallery, Stoke-on-Trent, April–May 1981, no.43

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Published in:
The Tate Gallery 1982-84: Illustrated Catalogue of Acquisitions, London 1986

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