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Ken Currie

Story from Glasgow, 1989

Description

Maker

  • Paragon Press, English, publisher
  • Charles Booth-Clibborn, publisher
  • Ken Currie, b. 1960, Scottish
  • Simon King, printer

Title

Story from Glasgow

Year

1989

Medium

Portfolio of 97 linocuts on Zerkall paper

Dimensions

Sheet: 42.5 x 32.4 cm (16 3/4 x 12 3/4 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Signed Ken Currie and numbered 22/45 at lower right

Identification

Edition

22/45

Type

  • Works on Paper,
  • Prints

Credit

Bequest of Richard Brown Baker

Object Number

2009.92.115

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Made in the UK

September 23, 2011 - January 8, 2012

This extensive portfolio is based on the true story of a man Currie met one night in Glasgow begging for money. The man described his employment with Glasgow’s British Rail, his work as a union organizer, and his happily married life. But, when his wife died suddenly, he fell into a depression, suffered an accident at the plant, lost his home, and became an alcoholic. Currie felt compelled to tell his story as it seemed to be “very much a story of our times.” Hoping to do justice to his tragic life he created this novel without words in the tradition of the early 20th-century woodcut artist, Frans Masereel.

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