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DC 089/3/2/2/v1, Orange and blue shirt by Fraser Taylor, 1983-87
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Orange and blue shirt

This orange and blue shirt was created by Fraser Taylor (b. 1960), an interdisciplinary artist known for his work across drawing, painting, sculpture, printmaking, and

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Ceramic egg cup

This glazed ceramic egg cup was created by Robert Sinclair Thomson (1915–1983), a painter, draughtsman, potter, and teacher, during his career as both an artist

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Tapestry by Marion Stewart
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Tapestry of art school students

This woolen tapestry was created by Marion S. Stewart (née Gracie) (1931–2017) between 1949 and 1954, during her time as a student at The Glasgow

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Second in a series of five screen prints of a dancing nude male figure against a vivid pink background.
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Screen Print

This piece, created in 1980, is the second in a series of five screen prints by Adrian Wiszniewski, featuring a dancing nude male figure against

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The Nativity, by Frances Macdonald MacNair, Watercolour, gold and silver paint, on brown tracing paper
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The Nativity

The Nativity, by Frances Macdonald MacNair, is a watercolour, gold, and silver painting on brown tracing paper. It was bound in the Spring 1896 edition

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Knotted-wrack neckpiece, titled Feannagan 2, 2021. Materials include, Knotted-Wrack Seaweed (Ascophyllum nodosum), Hemp cord, brass, Steel
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Neckpiece: Feannagan 2

Feannagan 2 is a neckpiece by Iona Turner, recipient of the 2021 Essay Prize for Design and the Peter Wylie Davidson Memorial Prize. Crafted in

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Sculpture of a Faun, by Helen Biggar
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Faun

This plaster sculpture may have been a maquette, intended to cast a final bronze sculpture. The sculptor Helen Biggar studied at GSA from 1925, gaining

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Black background with black and white image of well-dressed woman's face at left hand side of image. White outline of shop front and text reading "Christmas Gifts 1939 McDonald's".
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McDonald’s Christmas Gifts

This design for a catalogue cover was made for McDonald’s department store in Glasgow, by GSA alumna Garcia Hunter. She studied at GSA in the

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Image of a cotton handkerchief featuring pink and green floral design
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Printed Cotton Handkerchief

Sylvia Chalmers was a Scottish designer who studied at GSA in the late 1940s. She moved to London in 1951, where she designed fabrics for

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Memorial to Eugene Bourdon by Robert Anning Bell (1863-1933)
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Memorial to Eugene Bourdon

Robert Anning Bell was Professor of the Design Section at GSA from 1911 to 1918, and then became Visiting Director of Studies to the Design

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