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In the centre of the hexagram is a red button with the words 'push once' written beneath it. Creator's name and date of creation are inscribed on the reverse, probably by Edward Adamson.

Adamson Collection

Identified works created in Adamson's studios

Works by Gurr, Graham

A red tree circled by a yellow, green and red hoop on an orange cube, surrounded by other multicoloured cubes on a black ground

A red circle intersected by a yellow diagonal, containing a hexagram filled with red shapes against a blue and green background

A large yellow keyhole in the centre surrounded by multicoloured shapes, a green snake, a purple prism and a rainbow crescent shape, on a light blue ground

Head of man smoking a cigarette with a dagger impaled between his eyes

Four triangles containing different patterns and objects

Concentric squares in yellow, orange, red, purple, blue and black

A road leading to a sun in the centre and a rocket to the right, with multicoloured stripes surrounding the road on both sides

Concentric triangles in green, red, blue, yellow and black with a hook below, a green apple and an eagle above, and green snakes either side

A green snake above flames, with a blue eye either side

An explosion in red, yellow and blue, with an eye at the centre, above a black and white house

A multicoloured ball floating in water in four rectangles

A multicoloured receptacle containing a curved object and a fork, with a prism and a ball either side

Open mouth of a creature with large teeth, and an apple, tree and sun in the background

A cat in a circle, in the centre of a hexagram, with two legs below

A green snake emerging from an eyeball with flowers below and stars above

A patterned cube and a faucet, with a butterfly and an arrow below, and a spider in a web above

A distorted yellow shape, possibly a musical instrument

A long green snake surrounded by coloured circles

Twenty-five eyes in red, blue and green, with emanating yellow lines

A spinning prize wheel with yellow, green, red and blue segments

A green apple impaled with a dagger on a brick wall

A large red bird swooping downwards from a blue sky filled with the shapes of other birds, towards fields separated by a winding path

A multicoloured star with a face at its centre

Curved multicoloured stripes, a yellow sun and an orange rocket

Lightning bolt shape in yellow and purple striking a white sphere with red circles on a background of green and red stripes

An orange, red and yellow spiral on a ground of green, blue and purple vertical bars

A road leading towards the sun on the horizon

Four triangles meeting at the apex, two of them chequered, all containing a circle divided into four sectors

A cracked vase containing flowers on a chequered floor, with outlines of a woman and a man in the background

Multicolour pattern blocks radiating in eight sections from the top right

A tree containing green hearts standing on a chequered base with trees containing red hearts in the background

Five red and yellow spirals divided by a blue line on a green ground

An orchard under a blue sky reflected in a large eye in red, orange, green and blue

Four triangles containing different designs meeting at the apex

A flower growing out of a broken heart, surrounded by multicolour curved stripes

Portrait of Edward Adamson

A man approaching a bull in a field, with a tent behind

A man standing on the edge of a cliff being approached by a bull, with a tent in the background

"Pot of gold being hidden in the wood"

"Dream"'

A road, lined with pale blue houses, leading to an orange mountainside with houses built into it

A gnome figure standing with trees in the background

A purple dragon on a grassy mountain with an orange sun with blue rays in the background

People lying on a muddy ground

Head of a demonic figure and a hand smashing an egg with a hammer

A snake arising from a pit with a bomb above and two faces in profile either side

Faces in profile in blue, yellow, green and white on a patterned red ground

Multicolour planes textured and shaped in different ways, crossed by a yellow diagonal and a green diagonal

Close-up of genital area with an open bleeding wound and cuts on either side

A head in a picture frame, a head in a shallow bowl, and a head with snakes for hair, with a leopard-sphinx, a mouse-trap, a foetus and other subjects surrounding

A snake biting lips on a woman's breast and a rose piercing a heart with its thorn, both emerging from the same egg, with other subjects surrounding

A clown playing the violin and a crying baby breastfeeding, with a helter-skelter, rockets, flowers and other subjects surrounding

A head split in two in a picture frame, a pyramid, two broken columns and a scorpion on a wall, and a lion on a chain, with other subjects surrounding

A yacht with water above and the sun below

Outline's of people's faces, a person in profile with a dagger in his front, an eye, a cross and a flower on a yellow ground

A concentric yellow sun shape with a blue bird emerging from it on a multicoloured dot background

A spinning top surrounded by flames, with a sun, heart, large bird of prey and a broken noose above

Red, yellow, blue and black circles, swirls and crosses

Coloured lines, splashes and smears of paint in red, orange, green, blue and yellow

A red circle in the centre, surrounded by yellow and orange

Areas of green, blue and orange with blue lines and red squares

A large yellow circle on a silver ground

A gold dot

Numerals from 1 to 10, and mathematical symbols

A foetus connected by umbilical cord to a doctor and a man whose penis has been cut off by a dagger

A red square with a small black circle towards the bottom right against a blue ground

Shapes and planes in block colours on a stippled blue and pink ground

A black triangle containing a heart, a flower, and multicolour shapes, with the sun and a bird above and blue and purple waves below

An eye emerging from a plant with a mountainous background

A nude man bound in barbed wire, a woman wearing a witch's hat, a head pierced by a nail, and a man and a woman shouting at each other,  with other subjects surrounding

Head of a man overlaid with vines on a bed of flowers

Figure praying inside a grey structure overlaid with vines and flowers

Insect with six legs surrounded by flowers and eggs

Male figure hugging the edge of a green hill

Gnome figure seated on a toadstool

Head of a man covered in vines with flowers and an egg

A winged insect

Green dragon's head with open mouth showing bloodied teeth

A hexagram containing various symbols suspended from a chain, with an orange sun and pointing hand above and a boat on a sea below

A hexagram containing various symbols suspended from a chain, with an orange sun and pointing hand above and a boat on a sea below

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