drawing
- Museum number
- 2003,0601.22
- Description
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Brown sailing ship with grey sails, wheel and red flag sailing over nude female sea monster. 1974
Gouache and charcoal
- Production date
- 1974
- Dimensions
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Height: 490 millimetres
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Width: 379 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- David Brown interpreted the boat as a personification of Hilton, copulating with the female sea-monster as it sails.
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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1980 Feb and tour, Graves Art Gallery Sheffield, Roger Hilton, no. 37
1982, Sakastoon Gallery and Conservation Corporation, Roger Hilton
1993-1994, London, Hayward Gallery and NTE Tour, Roger Hilton, no. 66
1997, St. Ives, Tate, 'Roger Hilton, An Instrument of Truth', no. 219
2003-2004 Dec-April, BM, Three Great Gifts: The David Brown Bequest
2004-2005 Oct-Jan, Southampton City Art Gallery, Boom Boom Cluster
- Acquisition date
- 2003
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 2003,0601.22
