Chateau Palmer from Chateau Margaux 1986
Etching on wove paper, 120 × 150mm (image), 154 × 188mm (sheet). Signed, no edition, perhaps 20 or 30 pulled. Excellent condition, framed to conservation standards in a hand-painted black diagonal frame.
Was £475 Now £375
Thought to be produced in association with the Wine Arts portfolio 1989, another example appeared at Lyon & Turnbull Auctions in 2020 with an inscription and date, 1986 (it sold for £375). An absolute gem of a little etching from this master printmaker. Perfect condition, framed to conservation standards in a plain black sustainable wood frame.
Screen II 1962
Lithograph on handmade Barcham Green paper 758 X 578mm (sheet). Signed, dated and numbered from the edition of 50. Published and printed at the Curwen Studio, London 1963. Very good condition, framed to conservations standards in a hand-painted black sustainable wood frame.
Provenance: Curwen Gallery Archive. Collection: Tate Gallery
Was £675 Now £475
This image relates directly to the screen forms Adams was sculpting in the early 1960s. The bronze illustrated (National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia) dates from 1961 and is almost the exact size of the lithograph.
Composition with Drawn Forms 1949
Lithograph on cream wove paper 574 × 457mm (sheet size). Signed, dated and numbered form the edition of 25. Published by Redfern Gallery, London. Excellent condition, framed to conservation standards in a hand-painted matt brown wood frame.
Collection: British Museum. Literature: Avant-Garde British Printmaking 1914-1960 (cat. 186)
Was £875 Now £500
Exceptionally forward-looking lithograph from “the neglected genius of post-war British sculpture” (Time Out Magazine 1993), inspired by his time in Paris. His use of the lithographic stone to create texture through scumbling crayon and scratching out is a good example of the natural crossover between sculpture and printmaking.
Untitled (Trajectories) 1951
Engraving on wove paper with full margins. 116 × 149mm (image) 233 × 235mm (sheet). Signed, dated ‘51 and numbered 1 from the edition of 12 (the edition was never completed), printed by the artist on his Kimber press, Loughton, Essex 1951. Good original condition, slight cockling to the sheet consistent with the printing process, unframed.
Provenance: estate of John Buckland-Wright
Was £375 Now £175
Part of a series of engravings by Anton for an exhibition at Gimpel Fils Gallery. A copy of a letter from Anton to John Buckland-Wright, explaining his unique engraving process is included in the sale.
Earth Series III 2002
Screenprint in 5 colours on Velin Arches Blanc paper printed to deckle edges, 585 × 762mm. Signed, dated and numbered in pencil from the edition of 70, printed at Graal Press, Edinburgh 2002. Excellent condition, currently with my framer (price includes framing).
Collections: National Gallery of Scotland. Reference: Gunn 58. Provenance: Artist’s estate
£1,850 (Not in Sale)
From a series of five screenprints, this is Ann Gunn’s favourite (Ann wrote the catalogue raisonné of Barns-Graham’s prints). She notes the warm, glowing layers of colour and intriguing central motif. Barn-Graham herself said of all her work: “People only have to breathe deeply and look. If there is anything they enjoy, a shape or colour, that’s tremendous. People mustn’t worry or be anxious about understanding it all. I can look at a page of Chinese calligraphy and not have a clue what it’s about, but sense a worthwhile idea.”
London River, Gravesend 1936
Drypoint etching on cream wove paper 50 × 100mm (image), 255 × 380mm (sheet). Signed, inscribed with tile and numbered in pencil from the edition of 40. Published and printed in 1986 to accompany a Roland Batchelor retrospective exhibition at the Royal Academy the same year. Excellent condition, unframed.
Was £125 Now £75
During the Second World War, Batchelor lost a series of un-proofed copper plates he etched in 1936. When they were found in 1984 Batchelor agreed to edition them for the first time, 50 years later. This was the only edition made.
Conolly’s Folly 1971
Lithograph on T H Saunders wove paper with full margins. 651 x 467 (image). Signed, titled and numbered from the edition of 70. Printed by Stanley Jones at the Curwen Studio, and published by Curwen prints in 1971 as part of their Eight Follies portfolio. A Pair with Tresham’s Triangular Lodge. Excellent condition, unframed.
Collection Tate Gallery; Government Art Collection
Was £275 Now £175
Conolly’s Folly is an obelisk monument in County Kildare, built in 1740. This view from 1971 shows it in a dilapidated state before it was restored a few years later. Apart from a fascination with ruins and follies, the cynosure in this image, for me, is the figure standing in the top left arch – there’s something 1970s IRA about him.
Tresham’s Triangular Lodge 1971
Lithograph on T H Saunders wove paper with full margins. Image size 651 x 467. Signed, titled and numbered from the edition of 70. Printed by Stanley Jones at the Curwen Studio, and published by Curwen prints in 1971 as part of their Eight Follies portfolio. A pair with Conolly’s Folly. Excellent condition, unframed. Collections: Tate Gallery; Government Art Collection
Was £275 Now £175
The Triangular Lodge was built in 1597 by Sir Thomas Tresham as a hunting lodge-come-puzzle house – the stone work displays all sorts of family, political and religious conundrums of the time. Its claim to fame today is that it was the meeting place of Tresham, Catesby, Fawkes and co. the infamous Gunpowder Plotters. The Lodge is located near Rushton in Northamptonshire, it has remained in good order over the centuries and is open to the public care of English Heritage – I’ve been there, it’s worth a visit.
Untitled (Italian Girl Head and Shoulders) 1963
Lithograph on wove paper 315 x 505mm (sheet), 265 x 365 (image). Signed, dated and inscribed ‘Proof’ in pencil. A rare uneditioned proof, printed at the Curwen Studio, London 1963. Very good condition, framed to conservation standards in a hand painted grey sustainable hardwood frame.
Was £650 Now £450
An unusually demure image from Butler, although the pose with one arm behind her head is typical. I think it likely another colour plate or two was originally intended to complete the image, however Butler was happy enough to sign this proof ‘as is’ and send it out into the world. The version of Italian Girl he chose to edition (Tate Gallery P06062) is a reclining figure in three colours. So, if you’re looking for something reasonably priced by one of the most important mid 20th century British sculptors, that no other collector, public or private, is likely to have, then this is the piece for you.
Standing Figure 1952
Etching on heavy wove paper 550 x 320mm (sheet), 360 x 150mm (image). Signed with initials, dated 1952 and numbered from the edition of 50. Published and printed to accompany the Robert Clatworthy monograph (Sansom 2012). Excellent condition, unframed.
Was £275 Now £175
The title refers only to one figure, but there are clearly two in the image: the sculptor and his sculpture – but which is which, who has the power? Their relationship is an enigmatic one.
Close Up #3 1967
Lithograph on hot pressed paper printed to edges, 595 x 595mm (sheet). Signed, dated and numbered in pencil from the edition of 75. Published and printed at the Curwen Studio, London 1967. Excellent condition, unframed.
Collection: Tate Gallery. Provenance: Curwen Gallery Archive
Was £375 Now £275
Cohen is noted in particular for the creation of Aaron in 1979, the first computer program to utilise AI in order to generate art. His work was always at the cutting edge of technology; the Close Up series, printed in conjunction with Stanley Jones, took lithography to a new level in its artistic response to the development of correlative light in electron microscopy (CLEM). Science aside, though, this is a very groovy piece of psychedelia.
Close Up #1-6 1967
The complete set of six lithographs on hot-pressed paper printed to edges, 595 x 595mm each sheet. Individually signed, dated and numbered from the edition of 75. Published and printed at Curwen Studio, London 1967. Very good condition, unframed.
Collection: Tate Gallery. Provenance: Curwen Gallery Archive
Was £1,500 Now £1,000
Cohen is noted in particular for the creation of Aaron in 1979, the first computer program to utilise AI in order to generate art. His work was always at the cutting edge of technology; the Close Up series, printed in conjunction with Stanley Jones, took lithography to a new level in its artistic response to the development of correlative light in electron microscopy (CLEM). Science aside, though, this is a very groovy piece of psychedelia.
Magic Picture No.2 1978
Lithograph on T H Saunders paper 575 × 770mm (sheet), 534 × 736mm (image). Signed dated and numbered in pencil from the edition of 100. Printed at Curwen Studio, London. Excellent condition, unframed.
Collection: National Gallery of Scotland
Was £475 Now £375
As the title suggests, Davie was fascinated by magic, mysticism and Zen. He traveled widely and while in Venice he met Joan Miro, who became an instant inspiration. In America Peggy Guggenheim introduced him to the work of Jackson Pollock (and bought two of his pictures); he also played jazz saxophone and found that he could combine the spontaneity he achieved as a musician with the surrealism, abstraction and mystic symbolism that inspired him as a painter to form a new and unmistakable voice.
