OPEN ENTRANCE, 1971
Merz collage of plastic pegs, coloured paper and foil. 9 x 6¼in. (23 x 16cm.)
Monogram lower right.
Inscribed on the reverse with the title, date and with the Paul label
Provenance
National Trust bequest.
Exhibited
Newlyn, Newlyn Art Gallery, 1971, No. 8.
Exeter, City of Exeter Art Gallery, 1972, No. 54.
Penzance, Newlyn Orion Gallery, 1976, No. 71.
In her constructions, Colquhoun often shows an economy of means that is surprisingly effective. A good example of this is Open Entrance a temple façade made from an array of coloured plastic clothes pegs.