| Gerald Leslie Brockhurst
1890-1978 |
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Etching 1932233x185mm
[353x279mm] |
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| Ref: Fletcher 72 state vi/vi |
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A fine impression printed on white wove paper, from the only edition of 111. Signed by the artist in pencil.
Kathleen Woodward or Dorette as the artist called her, was Brockhurst's mistress at the time this etching was made; she was twenty years old. They were eventually married in America in 1947. |
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| SOLD |
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| Geoffrey Clarke
b. 1924 |
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| Etching1956956x598mm
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| Literature: Carey, Frances and Griffiths, Antony, Avant-Garde British Printmaking 1914-60, British Museum Publications Ltd, London, 1990, no. 205 [illustrated] |
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Exhibited: 30th Venice Biennale, 1960 [label verso]
A superb impression of this monumental etching, one of the finest plates produced by the artist. Signed and titled within the image lower left, numbered 4/25, inscribed 1st STATE and dated AUG/56 lower right.
This etching was made in Paris and proofed by Frelaut. According to the artist the plate was mislaid and the edition never printed.
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| Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot
1796-1875 |
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| Etchingc.1862320x240mm
[528x331mm] |
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| Delteil 5 state ii/iv |
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| With the early imprint of Cadart & Chevalier. A superb impression printed on tinted chine collé, as published by Cadart for the Société des Aquafortistes in the first end of year compilation of the series Eaux-Fortes Modernes, 1863. The series which so far consisted of sixty plates had been published in parts from September 1862 until August 1863 but was now available as a complete entity. Minor signs of ageing in the full margins but really a near-perfect example in untouched original condition. |
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| Edward Gordon Craig
1872-1966 |
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| Woodcut - Black Figure1909-10240x117mm
[278x209mm] |
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| Ref: Newman 8 state i/ii |
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Extremely rare - one of only four proofs in the first state before the lower tips of the block were accidentally broken off. Designed and presumably cut in Florence in 1909, this remarkable proof, one of the earliest taken, was hand-printed by the artist in Moscow in 1910 and sent home to his family in a letter. Signed, dated and inscribed Moscow in ink. In untouched original condition but with folds and other minor defects.
Having agreed to produce Hamlet for Constantin Stanislavsky at the Moscow Art Theatre, Craig worked in Russia periodically from 1908 until the production premiered on 8 January 1912. He spent much of the winter and spring in the city in 1910. His work involved not only the designs for the settings and costumes but also the direction of the play itself. Hamlet and Daemon is unquestionably one of Craig's finest prints.
Provenance: Edward Craig, the artist's son. |
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| £2400 |
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| Eric Desmazières
b.1948 |
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| Etching aquatint and roulette1992655x510mm
[759x564mm] |
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| Ref: Fitch-Febvrel 136 |
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A superb impression from the edition of 75; signed, dated. titled and numbered by the artist in pencil.
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| Raoul Dufy
1877-1953 |
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| Woodcutc.1910320x402mm
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A fine though slightly uneven hand-printed impression on Chine volant, typical of the first issue. Signed by the artist in pencil and numbered from the edition of 100. The sheet with minor defects in the margins but generally superb.
One of a series of four large Fauvist woodcuts which Dufy exhibited at the Salon d' Automne in 1910 and clearly related to his magnificent woodcut illustrations for Apollinaire's Le Bestiaire published the following year. Early signed examples such as this are extremely scarce, perhaps because of the fragile nature of the paper on which they are printed. |
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| £3000 |
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