Geoffrey Clarke British, 1924-2014
Love of Nature (64), 1950
Sugar lift aquatint and drypoint on steel
51 x 35 x 4 cm (framed)
20 1/8 x 13 3/4 x 1 5/8 in
Plate: 35.5 x 20.5 cm
20 1/8 x 13 3/4 x 1 5/8 in
Plate: 35.5 x 20.5 cm
Artist's proof 6 of 9, First Impression from an edition of 25 but only 8 printed.
First Impression- Edition of 25 started by the artist in 1950: Nos 3-9 printed on laid paper with small margins. Second Impression- 'C' engraved on corner of plate. 1 artist's...
First Impression- Edition of 25 started by the artist in 1950: Nos 3-9 printed on laid paper with small margins.
Second Impression- 'C' engraved on corner of plate. 1 artist's proof printed on wove at the RCA or Taranman Gallery in 1976. Nos 14-16 printed by the Print Centre in 1990.
Second Impression- 'C' engraved on corner of plate. 1 artist's proof printed on wove at the RCA or Taranman Gallery in 1976. Nos 14-16 printed by the Print Centre in 1990.
Provenance
From the artist's estate.Exhibitions
1952:- The New Gallery, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford (May-June)
- Gimpel Fils, London (March-April)
1976:
- Taranman Gallery, London (June July)
1990:
- British Museum, London (September 1990- January 1991)
1994:
- Friends' Room of the Royal Academy of Arts, London (September - October).
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. 20.LeGrove, Geoffrey Clarke A Sculptor's Prints (2012), 107.