Terrace Gardens, Richmond c.1928 |
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Original linocut, printed in colours.
Signed, titled and numbered in pencil.
S 244 x 313 mm; I 186 x 213 mm
£850
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Very rare original three-colour linocut by Guy Malet. Excellent signed proof impression with fresh, unfaded colours.
Terrace Gardens, Richmond approximates more closely to Guy Malet’s wood engravings than almost any of his other linocut designs. A striking three-colour linocut, this image depends entirely upon the presence of the principal dark green line cut, or ‘key block’. Printed in green, mustard, and orange coloured inks (producing a dark green surrounding border), this is a very fine and highly finished proof impression.
The scene shows the gardens near the top of Richmond Hill, which overlook the river and countryside to the west of London. Numbered from the edition of 50 signed proofs - a large number of the proofs from this edition were destroyed by water and this print is now very rare.
On fine Japan-style paper applied to a thin but flexible backing sheet with somewhat random wide margins, apparently as prepared by the artist himself. Very fine original condition. |
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