drawing
- Museum number
- 2003,0601.16
- Description
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Prickly green, brown and orange spotted animal seated/lying in bed and reaching for a flask/vase from a table decorated with a bird motif. 1973
Gouache and charcoal on thick torn paper
- Production date
- 1973
- Dimensions
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Height: 559 millimetres
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Width: 409 millimetres (irregular)
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- This prickly, spotted creature reaching for a flask is a self-projection of the artist. In a letter to Studio International of 1974, Hilton complained: "I have largely lost the use of my legs, the arms & midriff are going. I have a skin condition which is driving me mad. All this is caused by alcohol. The usual vicious circle. You have to have more to cover up the pain which it creates".
Undated label on back of original frame: Tate, no 385.
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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1980 Feb and tour, Graves Art Gallery Sheffield, Roger Hilton, no.5
1982, Sakastoon Gallery and Conservation Corporation, Roger Hilton
1993/4 Nov-Feb, London, Hayward Gallery and tour, Roger Hilton, no.62
2003/4 Dec-Apr, BM, Three Great Gifts: The David Brown Bequest
2006-7 Oct-Jan, St. Ives, Tate, 'Roger Hilton'
- Acquisition date
- 2003
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 2003,0601.16
