Geoffrey Clarke British, 1924-2014
Father, Mother and Children (42), 1950
Etching: sugar lift, open-bite on steel, printed in black.
35 x 20 cm
13 3/4 x 7 7/8 in
13 3/4 x 7 7/8 in
Edition 5 of 25
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First edition of 25 started by the artist in 1950: Nos 2-5 printed on laid paper with small margins. Second edition: 'C' engraved in corner of plate, full edition of...
First edition of 25 started by the artist in 1950: Nos 2-5 printed on laid paper with small margins.
Second edition: 'C' engraved in corner of plate, full edition of 25 plus 4 artist's proofs printed on wove at the RCA for Taranman Gallery in 1976.
Also titled : 'The Family'.
Second edition: 'C' engraved in corner of plate, full edition of 25 plus 4 artist's proofs printed on wove at the RCA for Taranman Gallery in 1976.
Also titled : 'The Family'.
Provenance
From the Artist's Estate
Exhibitions
1952:- 'Geoffrey Clarke / Peter Potworowski', Gimpel Fils, London (March- April).
1954:
- St George's Gallery, London.
1976:
- 'Geoffrey Clarke: Early Engraved work and Iron Sculpture', Taranman Gallery, London (June- July).
1990:
- 'Modern & Contemporary Art', Catalogue 3, Peter Black, Cambridge (October).
1994:
- 'Geoffrey Clarke: Etchings and Small Sculpture', Friends' room of the Royal Academy of Arts, London (September -October).
- 'Geoffrey Clarke RA: Sculpture and Works on Paper 1950- 1994', Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Wakefield (April- June).
1994-5
- 'Geoffrey Clarke, Symbols for Man: Sculpture and Graphic Work 1949-94', The Wolsey Art Gallery, Christchurch Mansion, Ipswich (December 1994 - January 1995) and touring in Coventry and Chichester.
2012:
- 'Exorcising the Fear: British sculpture from the 50s & 60s', Pangolin London (January-March).
2020:
- 'Geoffrey Clarke, Prints and Works on Paper', Pangolin London (March-April).
Literature
Geoffrey Clarke: A Sculptor's Prints, 2012, By Dr Judith LeGrove Published by Samsom & Co Ltd. 93.
Included in Clarke's RCA thesis, No. 7.
Publications
Geoffrey Clarke: A Sculptor's Prints, 2012, By Dr Judith LeGrove Published by Samsom & Co Ltd
