Lorca's Olive

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Series[UMA-SRE-20170016] Research files on women artistsAccession[2014.0038] GERMAINE GREER ARCHIVEPart of Item[2017.0016.01201] Tate Catalogue - Tacita Dean 20/11/01IdentifierUMA-ITE-2017001604536Extentnot specifiedScope and ContentThis postcard originates from an artwork by Tacita Dean entitled Lorca's Olive, for the exhibition Everstill held at Huerta de San Vicente in Granada, formerly the home of Federico Garcia Lorca, in 2007. The work was inspired by the relationship between Federico García Lorca and Salvador Dalí. In an interview with the Guardian, Dean stated "When I was in Cadaqués working on another project, I found out that Lorca and Dalí were very close. The grandfather of the person I was staying with owned an olive grove, and Dalí and Lorca were supposed to have met under one of the olive trees. In the end, I just found an olive tree and photographed it, and then made a period postcard. It's in 1920s style, so I have printed the back and the front with the printers Steidl, who put two coats of silver on the front to make it look tarnished. On the back, it simply says 'El Olivo de Lorca, Cadaqués.'" During the course of the exhibition, The Dalí foundation in Port Lligat near Cadaqués sent a postcard to the Huerta de San Vicente every day for the length of the exhibition, where they were placed on a table in the hall.
This particular postcard is editioned 161/227 and was sent to Greer by the artist.Access StatusAccess restrictions applyAccess ConditionsThis image is in copyright and can only be viewed at the University of Melbourne Archives.Request TypeRequest unitUnit2017.0016 Unit 0012

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CreatorDean, TacitaRolePhotographer

Provenance

CreatorGreer, GermaineRoleProvenance

Dates

Date2007

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Previous System ID2017.0016.04536

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Genre/FormGelatine silver printsPhotographic postcards

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Feature CollectionThe Germaine Greer Archive

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