Accession Code: wu0067 Title: Presse Politique (A Shorter History ). Date completed: 1982 Medium: Prints Material: Etching Height (mm): 462 Width (mm): 434 Depth (mm): n/a Inscription: Signed ,dated and inscribed with title.Numbered 5 Location Name: Picture Store Location Description: Location Floor:

Pressé Politique is made up of press cuttings relating to Bloody Friday in 1972 when nine people were killed and many more injured in Belfast. The centre of the work is black and there seems to be blood dripping off the edges of the newspaper. Farrell is playing on the French word pressé which means 'hurry', at the same time as referring to the English connotations.