Accession Code: wu0843 Title: Emile Nolde is a Rat Date completed: 2001 Medium: Painting Material: Gouache Height (mm): 630 Width (mm): 505 Depth (mm): n/a Inscription: Signed and dated in pencil Location Name: Picture Store Location Description: Location Floor:

This and the other four works in the collection are from a series in which Bob and Roberta Smith said he was “kind of undermining that idea of the hero artist, but also kind of admiring his achievements”. The appearance and layout reflect traditional signwriting but with a casual, freehand style which helps to undermine any risk of pretentiousness in conceptual art.