Title

Telepoem

Date made

1977

Category

Print

Print type

stencil

Technique

screenprint, printed in colour, from three stencils

Text printed from matrix

Printed upper left to lower right within image, 'HEIDELBERG VIC / TELEPOEM / MELBOURNE 1969 / LETS WALK A SKY TOGETHER STOP / AND HAVE SILENT WORDS STOP / SOMETIME SOON STOP / LOVE SSTTOP / (TELEPOEM 1969) "HEIDE" '. Printed upper left within image, 'POST OFFICE / 24 / SEP / 1969. / HEIDE, VIC [within circle]'. Printed centre left within image, 'AUSTRALIAN POST OFFICE / TELEGRAM [repeats along vertical peripheries of sheet]'.

Edition information

edition of 45

Production notes

Telepoem is dated 1969-1975 in catalogue, "Moments of mind (1959-1977): An exhibition by Sweeney Reed". Sweeney conceived of this work in 1969 (and actually sent it as a real telegram to his then-fiancee, Pamela, in about 1969) before actually making the print in 1977. [email correspondence: 24/01/2012 from Katarina Paseta at Heide Museum of Modern Art, on artist file]

Legacy id

215518

Last Updated

09 Jan 2013