Geoffrey Clarke British, 1924-2014
17 1/2 x 8 5/8 in
Impressions by the artist were created using a single plate, inked successively with different colours and passed through the press three times. Impressions by Glenn Mingham were created by inking the plate with all the colours and passing through the press once.
Provenance
From the Artist's Estate
Exhibitions
1952:- 'Desmond Morris/ Geoffrey Clarke / Scottie Wilson', Oxford University Art Club (with assistance from Gimpel FIls), The New Gallery, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford (27 May - 8 June 1952).
- 'Geoffrey Clarke / Peter Potworowski', Gimpel Fils, London (March - April 1952).
- 'La Jeune Gravure Contemporaine', Musée National d'Art Moderne, Paris (21 March - 20 April 1952).
- 'Exhibition of works by Sutherland, Wadsworth, Adams, Armitage, Butler, Chadwick, Clarke, Meadows, Moore, Paolozzi, Turnbull', British Pavilion, XXVI Biennale, Venice, organised by the British Council (1 June - 30 September 1952).
- 'Preview of the British Pavilion, Venice Biennale 1952', British Council Fine Arts Department, London (3 April 1952).
1956:
- 'British Arts 1900-1955' British Council (touring), Kunstforeninger, Copenhagen, Denmark (10-29 April 1956); Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, Norway (12 May- 10 June 1956).
- 'French and English Lithographs, ETchings, Aquatints, Lithographed Affiches, Collotypes, Pochoirs' Redfern Gallery, London (28 November 1956 - January 1957).
1956-57:
- 'Engelske Original litografier', British Council touring exhibition, Denmark (1956-7).
1957- 9:
- 'Gravures et Lithographies anglaises contemporaines' British Council Galleries, Paris and touring in France (Troyes, Strasbourg, St Etienne, Lyon, Annecy, La Napoule, Nîmes, Montpellier, Tours, Rennes, Le Havre).
1958:
- 'Mille gravures en couleurs', Redfern Gallery, London (25 November 1958 - 10 January 1959).
1959-60:
- 'Mille gravures en couleur' Redfern Gallery, London (25 November 1959 - 8 January 1960).
1962:
- 'Deux mille gravures en couleur: lithographies, aquatintes, eaux-fortes, pochoirs, affiches', Redfern Gallery, London.
- '20th Century Graphic Art', British Council tour of South Africa, starting at Ann Bryant Art Gallery, East London, South Africa (March 1962).
1990:
- 'Avant-garde British Printmaking 1914-1960', British Museum London (13 September 1990 - 6 January 1991)
1993:
- 'A Selection of Prints and Drawings exhibited at the Eighth London Original Print Fair', Catalogue Four, Peter Black Modern & Contemporary Art (25- 28 February 1993).
1994:
- 'Geoffrey Clarke: Etching and Small Sculpture. Friends' Room of the Royal Academy of Arts, London (7 September - 9 October 1994).
1994 - 2000:
- 'Out of Print', British Council (touring in France, Belgium, Italy, Egypt, Cyprus, Spain, USA, Poland, Germany).
1994-5:
- 'Geoffrey Clarke, Symbols for Man: Sculpture and Graphic Work 1949 - 94', The Wolsey Art Gallery, Christchurch Mansion, Ipswich (17 December 1994 - 29 January 1995), then touring in Coventry and Chichester.
2000:
- 'Geoffrey Clarke: Sculpture, constructions and works on paper 1949-2000' Fine Arts Society, London (9 October - 2 November 2000).
2007-9:
- 'Geometry of Fear', Arts Council (touring in Worksop, Lancaster, Bideford, Doncaster, Newcastle, Huddersfield, Cheltenham, Rhyl, Plymouth, Ayr, Leamington).
2008:
- 'Abstract', Festival exhibition, including Geoffrey Clarke's enamel and colour prints, Strand Gallery, Aldeburgh (June 2008).
2011:
- 'North by south-east', Linton Court Gallery, Settle (17 June - 30 August 2011)
2020:
- 'Geoffrey Clarke: Prints and works on paper', Pangolin London (March- April).
Literature
Carey and Griffiths, Avant-Garde British Printmaking 1914- 1960 (1990), 214.LeGrove, Geoffrey Clarke A Sculptor's Prints (2012), 145.