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Tortoises with Triangle and Time

Tortoises with Triangle and Time is a sculpture. It is recorded from 2000.

Also recorded as Tortoises with triangle and time.

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Identity

What the record establishes about Tortoises with Triangle and Time.

A small forlorn-looking man looking up suggesting the feeling that an HIV positive gay person experiences; an advertisement for solidarity for gay and lesbians with HIV by the Coordinadora gai-lesbiana. Colour lithograph, ca. 1996. is dated [1996?] and held by Wellcome Collection. A pink triangle incorporating the letters 'love safe live sexy' against a black background; representing an advertisement for safe sex by MESMAC Leeds. Colour lithograph, 1992. is dated [1992] and held by Wellcome Collection. A screwdriver with a split handle; and a hand made red and sore by use of the defective handle. Colour lithograph. is catalogued and held by Wellcome Collection. Three marble candelabras. Etching by G.B. Piranesi, ca. 1770. is dated [between 1768 and 1778] and held by Wellcome Collection. Why we do it : rethinking sex and the selfish gene / Niles Eldredge. is dated [2004] and held by Wellcome Collection. Opium : uncovering the politics of the poppy / Pierre-Arnaud Chouvy. is dated 2009 and held by Wellcome Collection.

A mother and child in a maternity ward. Acrylic painting, 1962. is dated 1962 and held by Wellcome Collection. The Eight Techniques of the Spirit Tortoise, woodcut is catalogued and held by Wellcome Collection. Wellcome Collection records 26 objects associated with this heading. Tortoises with Triangle and Time is associated with United Kingdom.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 1 named public collection.

Wellcome Collection: 26 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Literature

4 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Chimpanzees spotted smashing open and eating tortoises for the first time, 2019. Triangle‑Based Geometric Semantic Modeling for Time‑Series Analysis, 2026. now is the time, A Winter Triangle, 2025. 8 A badge of temporalities – European time and asynchronous Pink Triangle modernities, A Badge of Injury, 2023.

Evidence base

This article draws on 2 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 2 means 2 genuinely separate publishers of record. 17 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

In detail

It is recorded as the work of Wendy Taylor.

Materials recorded for it are bronze.

It is associated with United Kingdom. The record gives 2000 as its date of establishment or first appearance. Recorded genres are public art.

It is recorded in the collection of Holland Park and Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.

Chronology

  1. 1768Three marble candelabras. Etching by G.B. Piranesi, ca. 1770. (Wellcome Collection).
  2. 1770Three marble candelabras. Etching by G.B. Piranesi, ca. 1770. is dated [between 1768 and 1778] and held by Wellcome Collection.
  3. 1962A mother and child in a maternity ward. Acrylic painting, 1962. is dated 1962 and held by Wellcome Collection.
  4. 1992A pink triangle incorporating the letters 'love safe live sexy' against a black background; representing an advertisement for safe sex by MESMAC Leeds. Colour lithograph, 1992. (Wellcome Collection).
  5. 1992A pink triangle incorporating the letters 'love safe live sexy' against a black background; representing an advertisement for safe sex by MESMAC Leeds. Colour lithograph, 1992. is dated [1992] and held by Wellcome Collection.
  6. 1996A small forlorn-looking man looking up suggesting the feeling that an HIV positive gay person experiences; an advertisement for solidarity for gay and lesbians with HIV by the Coordinadora gai-lesbiana. Colour lithograph, ca. 1996. is dated [1996?] and held by Wellcome Collection.
  7. 2000Tortoises with Triangle and Time first recorded.
  8. 2004Why we do it : rethinking sex and the selfish gene / Niles Eldredge. (Wellcome Collection).
  9. 2004Why we do it : rethinking sex and the selfish gene / Niles Eldredge. is dated [2004] and held by Wellcome Collection.
  10. 2009Opium : uncovering the politics of the poppy / Pierre-Arnaud Chouvy. (Wellcome Collection).
  11. 2009Opium : uncovering the politics of the poppy / Pierre-Arnaud Chouvy. is dated 2009 and held by Wellcome Collection.

Sources

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  1. 1.

    8 A badge of temporalities – European time and asynchronous Pink Triangle modernities, A Badge of Injury, 2023

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  2. 2.

    Chimpanzees spotted smashing open and eating tortoises for the first time, 2019

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  3. 3.

    now is the time, A Winter Triangle, 2025

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  4. 4.

    PubMed, United States National Library of Medicine, records for “Tortoises with Triangle and Time”

    Institutional database · Scholarly

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  5. 5.

    Triangle‑Based Geometric Semantic Modeling for Time‑Series Analysis, 2026

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  6. 6.

    Wellcome Collection catalogue records 26 works naming Tortoises with Triangle and Time.

    museum collection · Unverified · Wellcome Collection

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  7. 7.

    “Tortoises with Triangle and Time”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia

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  8. 8.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q122228434: Tortoises with Triangle and Time

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikidata

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