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Both English and Gaelic versions by Sorley MacLean.
Part of the printed portfolio 'A Night of Islands', edition no. 16/40. The portfolio consists of ten etchings, each of which had its inspiration in a poem. Some of the poems are traditional, some are modern and contemporary. Most, though not all, were originally written in Gaelic. The portfolio contains the Gaelic version of each of the ten poems, individually framed, and text with the poems printed in English and Gaelic, with the original form highlighted in bold type.
The core image in each etching offers the artist's response to the content of the poem. However, there is no sense in which the artist is 'illustrating' the poems. The images are created to reveal the mood and cadence of each separate work.
The complete set of all the prints in 'A Night of Islands' can be found in 'Contemporary British Art in Print', 1995, Paragon Press, SAUL fz 232.P2 8E6. Contains detailed descriptions of how Maclean created the prints, illustrations and full detailed descriptions of each print, and interpretation with background history of poems. | Publisher: | University of St Andrews | Rights holder: | 47795 | Subjects: | MACLEAN WOMAN WILL HIGHLANDS poem NIGHT OF ISLANDS print SORLEY | Temporal: | 1991/1991 | Source: | University of St Andrews | Creator: | MACLEAN, Sorley | Identifier: | HC1992.1(20) | Language: | en-GB |
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