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Unicorn

Print
1987 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

General Description: Unicorn. 1987. Printed by the Peacock Printmakers, Aberdeen. 1987. Signed in pencil Adrian Wiszniewski, inscribed with title and numbered 2/10.

Signed in pencil Adrian Wiszniewski, inscribed with title and numbered 2/10.

Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleUnicorn
Materials and techniques
Lithograph
Brief description
Print by A. Wiszniewski entitled 'Unicorn'. Great Britain, 1987.
Physical description
General Description: Unicorn. 1987. Printed by the Peacock Printmakers, Aberdeen. 1987. Signed in pencil Adrian Wiszniewski, inscribed with title and numbered 2/10.

Signed in pencil Adrian Wiszniewski, inscribed with title and numbered 2/10.
Dimensions
  • Height: 56.6cm
  • Width: 37cm
56.6 x 37 cm
Object history
Item Provenance: Provenance: The Glasgow Print Studio

Notes: This image was produced for The Scottish Bestiary, a livre d'artist of 20 plates by seven artists who have lived or worked in Scotland, with an accompanying text by the Scottish writer and poet George Mackay Brown, printed by Peacock Printmakers, Aberdeen and published by Paragon Press, London, 1987. The plates were also produced as a portfolio. This plate was one of an edition of 10 proofs for the book. The other artists who contributed to the Bestiary were John Bellany, Steven Campbell, Peter Howson, Jack Knox, Bruce Mclean, and June Redfern. An impression of Howson's Stag, from the portfolio edition, is also in the collection: E.196-1987.
Production
Printed by the Peacock Printmakers, Aberdeen.
Bibliographic reference
For a note on The Scottish Bestiary: Print Collectors' Newsletter Vol. XVIII,4, September 1987 p.134
Collection
Accession number
E.493-1988

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Record createdNovember 24, 2008
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