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| Tacita Dean The Russian Ending - Ship of Death 2001 photo-etching Tate, London |
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| Tacita Dean The Russian Ending - The Crimea 2001 photo-etching Tate, London |
"In 2001 Tacita Dean produced a portfolio of twenty black and white photogravures with etching collectively entitled The Russian Ending. . . . Each image in the portfolio is derived from a postcard collected by the artist in her visits to European flea markets. Most of the images depict accidents and disasters, both man-made and natural. Superimposed on each image are white handwritten notes in the style of film directions with instructions for lighting, sound and camera movements, suggesting that each picture is the working note for a film. The title of the series is taken from a convention in the early years of the Danish film industry when each film was produced in two versions, one with a happy ending for the American market, the other with a tragic ending for Russian audiences."
– curator's notes from the Tate Gallery in London
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| Tacita Dean The Russian Ending - The Wrecking of the Ngahere 2001 photo-etching Tate, London |
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| Tacita Dean The Russian Ending - Erinnerung aus dem Weltkrieg 2001 photo-etching Tate, London |
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| Tacita Dean The Russian Ending - Ballon des Aérostiers de Campagne 2001 photo-etching Tate, London |
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| Tacita Dean The Russian Ending - The Sinking of the SS Plympton 2001 photo-etching Tate, London |
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| Tacita Dean The Russian Ending - Death of a Priest 2001 photo-etching Tate, London |
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| Tacita Dean The Russian Ending - La Bataille d'Arras 2001 photo-etching Tate, London |
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| Tacita Dean The Russian Ending - Götterdämmerung 2001 photo-etching Tate, London |
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| Tacita Dean The Russian Ending - Der Rückzug nach Verdun 2001 photo-etching Tate, London |
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| Tacita Dean The Russian Ending - Zur Letzten Ruhe 2001 photo-etching Tate, London |
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| Tacita Dean The Russian Ending - The Wreck of Worthing Pier 2001 photo-etching Tate, London |
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| Tacita Dean The Russian Ending - The Story of Minke the Whale 2001 photo-etching Tate, London |
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| Tacita Dean The Russian Ending - So They Sank Her! 2001 photo-etching Tate, London |
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| Tacita Dean The Russian Ending - The Life and Death of St Bruno 2001 photo-etching Tate, London |
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| Tacita Dean The Russian Ending - Vesuvio 2001 photo-etching Tate, London |
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| Tacita Dean The Russian Ending - The Tragedy of Hughesovka Bridge 2001 photo-etching Tate, London |
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| Tacita Dean The Russian Ending - Die Explosion in dem Kanal 2001 photo-etching Tate, London |
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| Tacita Dean The Russian Ending - Beautiful Sheffield 2001 photo-etching Tate, London |
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| Tacita Dean The Russian Ending - Ein Sklave des Kapitals 2001 photo-etching Tate, London |