Donald Rodney

Sketchbook number 17

1987

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Created by: Donald Rodney 1961–1998
Title: Sketchbook number 17
Date: 1987
Description: Ink on paper, 81 pages plus covers, 215 x 150 mm

Contains sketches and notes on political ideas including nuclear war.
Format: Bound volume - sketchbook
Collection: Tate Archive
Acquisition: The notebooks/sketchbooks were purchased from Diane Symons, on behalf of the Executors of the Estate of Donald Rodney with the remaining archives donated by the Executors, July 2003.
Reference: TGA 200321/3/17

The Blk Art Group Conceptual art

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Forty eight notebooks and sketchbooks written and created by Donald Rodney, and the personal archives of the artist TGA 200321 (48)

Sketchbooks and artwork TGA 200321/3 (48)

Sketchbook number 17 TGA 200321/3/17

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