Geoffrey Clarke British, 1924-2014
Head (47), 1950
Sugar lift aquatint and drypoint on steel, printed in black
63.5 x 44.5 x 4 cm (framed)
25 x 17 1/2 x 1 5/8 in
Plate: 35.3 x 16.2 cm
25 x 17 1/2 x 1 5/8 in
Plate: 35.3 x 16.2 cm
Edition 15 of 25, Second impression 1990 (Only 13 printed + 1 AP)
First Impression- Edition of 25 started by the artist in 1950: Nos 2. 4-12 printed on laid paper with small margins Second Impression- 'C' engraved in corner of plate. 1...
First Impression- Edition of 25 started by the artist in 1950: Nos 2. 4-12 printed on laid paper with small margins
Second Impression- 'C' engraved in corner of plate. 1 artist's proof printed on wove at the RCA for Taranman Gallery in 1976. Nos 14-17 printed by the Print Centre in 1990.
The sculpture relates directly to an iron sculpture , Head (1950). Clarke's design for Edinburgh Weavers 'Dolmen' (1956) included this etching as well as Man, (Cat. 69).
In Clarke's RCA thesis he mentions about this work: 'Head. Indicative of the complexities of the head and surrounded by parts of nature which are indefinable'.
Second Impression- 'C' engraved in corner of plate. 1 artist's proof printed on wove at the RCA for Taranman Gallery in 1976. Nos 14-17 printed by the Print Centre in 1990.
The sculpture relates directly to an iron sculpture , Head (1950). Clarke's design for Edinburgh Weavers 'Dolmen' (1956) included this etching as well as Man, (Cat. 69).
In Clarke's RCA thesis he mentions about this work: 'Head. Indicative of the complexities of the head and surrounded by parts of nature which are indefinable'.
Provenance
From the artist's estate.Exhibitions
1952:- "Geoffrey Clarke / Peter Potworowski' Gimpel Fils, London (March-April)
1954:
- St George Gallery, London
1976:
- 'Geoffrey Clarke: Early Engraved Work and Iron Sculpture' Taranman Gallery, London (June- July).
1994:
- 'Geoffrey Clarke: Etchings and Small Sculpture" Friends' Room of the Royal Academy of Arts, London (September- October)
2000:
- 'Geoffrey Clarke: sculpture constructions and works on paper 1949-2000, Fine Arts Society, London (October - November).
2020:
Geoffrey Clarke: Prints and Works on Paper, Pangolin London, 4 March - 9 April 2020.
Literature
Included in Clarke's RCA thesis, 'Exposition of a Belief' (1951), No.5.LeGrove, Geoffrey Clarke A Sculptor's Prints (2012), 97.