Eulogy for a German Tourist (4) (2001)

Ilana Halperin

pencil on paper

The Whitworth, The University of Manchester

Photo credit: The Whitworth, The University of Manchester

Classification:

Drawing and Watercolour

Materials:

Pencil, Paper

Physical Object Description:

Inscribed (by the artist) : pencil : upper left : In the anticipation of lava/1. Bicarbonate of soda, white vinegar, cochineal./2. nothing, nothing could have prepared us for the truth./(the required helicopter, the tremor of shocks and fires, the airlift)/3. I didn't make it to the crater.

Dimensions:

38 x 28 (each) cm

Accession Number:

D.2014.20.4

Credit:

Purchased through the Contemporary Art Society Special Collection Scheme with Lottery funding from Arts Council England, 2003

Scheme:

Special Collection Scheme (1997-2004): Fine Art

Ownership history:

Purchased from doggerfisher, Edinburgh by the Contemporary Art Society through its Special Collection Scheme, with Lottery funding from Arts Council England, 7 July 2003; presented to The Whitworth, The University of Manchester, 2003/04

Relationship:

doggerfisher, Edinburgh The Whitworth, The University of Manchester

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