Graham Clarke (b.1941) - 20th Century Etching Alfred King

Description

A charmingly naive etching in colour by the notable British printmaker, Graham Clarke. The scene depicts a town view with Alfred King's Bakery and its baker as the focus points. Signed in graphite below plate lines to the lower right-hand corner, along with a blind stamp. Title and print number '376/400', inscribed to the opposite lower corner. On watermarked wove.

Condition

In fine condition overall, with very light surface marks.

Size

21.4 x 18.9cm (8.4" x 7.4")
Sheet: 33.2 x 45.1cm (13.1" x 17.8")
Plate: 22.7 x 27cm (8.9" x 10.6")

Artist Biography

Born in 1941, printmaker Graham Clarke was educated at Beckenham Art School, and then at the Royal College of Art where the specialised in illustration and printmaking, and pursued his interest in calligraphy. With encouragement from Edward Bawden, Clarke began refining an individual aesthetic, printing traditional landscapes marked by a sense of locality and genre. Graduating in 1964, the benefited from the print boom of the decade and, with commissions from Editions Alecto and London Transport Publicity Department a promising career was launched. The publication in 1969 of his first hand-printed "livre d'artiste", Balyn and Balan won recognition from the most influential patron and connoisseur of the day, Kenneth Clark.