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 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.
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artist:Pat Douthwaite (1934 - 2002) Scottish
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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...
