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Title
Watermark
Date
1995
Medium
aluminium printed with images & text
Accession number
DG9_FJ_S058
Acquisition method
commissioned by Wigtown District Council with support from Dumfries and Galloway Arts Association Ltd. and the Scottish Arts Council
Work type
Panel
Owner
Wigtown District Council
Custodian
Wigtown District Council
Work status
extant
Access
at all times
Inscription description
plaque below panels: "WATERMARK" / Sibylle von Halem / Aluminium, printed images & text. / November 1995. / These panels are like the pages of an open book. The images of the beaches ask you to / consider whether the waters of the North Channel divide or join the shores of / Scotland and Ireland. / The family names listed on the left-hand plaque are those of Irish people who settled in / Galloway, and read across the pages to record how the names changed within a few / generations. The names on the right-hand panel are those of the Scots who settled in / Ireland, and may have migrated across the water and back several times. / This is one of a series of artworks created to celebrate the 400th Anniversary of the / granting of the Burgh of Barony charter to Stranraer in 1595.
