Geoffrey Clarke British, 1924-2014
Harlequin (165) , 1956
Sugar lift aquatint on steel
116 x 78.5 x 4 cm (Framed)
45 5/8 x 30 7/8 x 1 5/8 in
Plate: 98 x 60.5 cm
45 5/8 x 30 7/8 x 1 5/8 in
Plate: 98 x 60.5 cm
Colour proof, 1957
First Edition: Proofs printed in black by Jacques Frélaut at Atelier Lacourière, Paris, in September 1956, Inscribed 'First State/ Aug 1956'. Second Edition: Colour version proofed in 1957, using second...
First Edition: Proofs printed in black by Jacques Frélaut at Atelier Lacourière, Paris, in September 1956, Inscribed 'First State/ Aug 1956'.
Second Edition: Colour version proofed in 1957, using second plate prepared by Clarke and his father, John Moulding Clarke.
Edition of 50 commissioned by Robert Erskine (St George's Gallery) and printed in colour in 1958 at the RCA y Richard Frozard, Tom Frasier and possibly John Brunsdon. Dated '1957/8'.
Second Edition: Colour version proofed in 1957, using second plate prepared by Clarke and his father, John Moulding Clarke.
Edition of 50 commissioned by Robert Erskine (St George's Gallery) and printed in colour in 1958 at the RCA y Richard Frozard, Tom Frasier and possibly John Brunsdon. Dated '1957/8'.
Provenance
From the artist's estate.Exhibitions
1956:- 'Geoffrey Clarke Exhibition', Aldershot Public Library (November).
1957:
- 'New Editions', Midland Group Gallery, Nottingham organised by Zwemmer Gallery (February).
- '1ère Exposition Biennale Internationale de Gravure à Tokio', Musée National d'Art Moderne, Tokyo (June-July).
1958:
- 'Contemporary Prints', Adam House, Chamber Street, Edinburgh (August-September).
- 'Mille Gravures en couleurs', Redfern Gallery, London (November 1958 - January 1959).
- 'Contemporary British Printmakers', St George's Gallery, London (July- August).
1959:
- 'Arte Grafico Britanico Contemporaneo, Galeria Buchholz, Bogotá (July-August).
- 'Contemporary Lithographs', Heffer Gallery, Cambridge (April).
- 'IIIe Exposition Internationale de Gravure', Moderna Galerija, Ljubljana (June- September).
- 'Summer 1959', Redfern Gallery, London (July - September).
- 'The Graven Image', Whitechapel Art Gallery, London (April- May).
1959-60:
- '13 Brittiska Grafiker', Sweden touring (November 1959 - March 1960).
- ''Mille Gravures en couleur', Redfern Gallery, London (November 1959- January 1960).
1960:
- '21 Grabadores britanicos contemporaneos', Organised by the St George's Gallery, London, Museo Nacional de Arte Contemporáneo, Madrid (June).
- 'Grabados Britanicos Contemporaneos', Organised by the St George's Gallery, London, Fomento de las Artes Decorativas, Cupula del Coliseum, Barcelona (December- January).
- 'Victor Pasmore paintings and constructions, Eduardo Paolozzi sculpture and drawings, Geoffrey Clarke, Henry Cliffe and Merlyn Evans engravings', British Pavilion, XXX Biennale, Venice (June).
1961:
- 'Incisioni di G.Clarke, H. Cliffe, M. Evans' 68 Mostra d'Arte Trento, Centro Culturale 'Fratelli Bronzetti' (May)
1962:
- 'Deux mille gravures en couleur: lithographies, aquatintes, eaux-fortes, pochoirs, affiches', Redfern Gallery, London.
2000:
- 'Geoffrey Clarke: Sculpture, constructions and works on paper 1949- 2000', FIne Art Society, London (October - November).
2011:
- 'North by south-east', Linton Court Gallery, Settle (July - August).
2020:
- 'Geoffrey Clarke Prints and Works on Paper', Pangolin London (March- April).