Screaming Skeleton
About this artwork
'I have this ridiculous feeling that once you are dead you can do exactly as you like and no one will make any comment… When I do these skeletons it never enters my head that you are denied the power of speech or the ability to attract men after you are dead' . This work is almost identical in style and composition to 'Woman in a Landscape' (GMA 1343) yet vastly different because of its title. This is one of five lithographic prints bought as a set by the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art in 1975. In 1974 Douthwaite was awarded the prestigious Hope Scott Trust award for her lithography.
Updated before 2020
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artist:Pat DouthwaiteScottish (1934 - 2002)
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title:Screaming Skeleton
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date created:Dated 1974
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materials:Lithograph on paper
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measurements:40.70 x 65.70 cm (paper 55.10 x 80.70 cm) (framed: c 95.00 x 120.00 cm)
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credit line:Purchased 1975
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accession number:GMA 1347
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Pat Douthwaite
Pat Douthwaite
Douthwaite examined her inner self as her subject, with her work evoking the torment of humanity and particularly that of a female nature. She combined often dark imagery with vibrant colours and a confident, yet fragile, line. Born in Glasgow, from 1947 Douthwaite studied movement, mime and modern...
