The Green Ray (2001)

Tacita Charlotte Dean

colour postcard

Classification:

Photograph

Physical Object Description:

Signed, numbered and stamped, and posted in Morombe, Western Madagascar. Inscribed, in manuscript: Edition for Parkett, No. 62, a/P 1, Tacita Dean 2001. Printed by Steidel Verlag, Gottingen, Germany.

Dimensions:

10.5 x 14.9 cm

Credit:

Purchased through the Contemporary Art Society Special Collection Scheme with Lottery funding from Arts Council England, 2005

Scheme:

Special Collection Scheme (1997-2004): Fine Art

Ownership history:

Purchased from Parkett-Verlag, Zürich by the Contemporary Art Society for its Special Collection Scheme, with the aid of Arts Council Lottery Funding, 21 March 2005; presented to the Towner Art Gallery, Eastbourne, 2005

Relationship:

Parkett-Verlag, Zürich Towner Eastbourne

A unique, stamped colour postcard sent by Tacita Dean to Parkett, Zürich. One of a series of postcards signed, numbered and mailed by the artist from Morombe, Madagascar, making the work at once a kind of edition, while each piece nonetheless maintains its singularity.

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