Graham Clarke (b.1941) - Limited Edition Contemporary Etching La Tre's Chose

Description

An illustrative etching in colour by the notable British printmaker, Graham Clarke (b.1941). The scene depicts a busy French market crammed with people and local produce. The print has been signed and titled below plate lines. Editioned 237/400. Well-presented in an elegant gilt frame. On wove.

Condition

There is light foxing to the heavy wove paper.

Size

34.5 x 27cm (13.6" x 10.6")
Framed Size: 46.5 x 38.5cm (18.3" x 15.2")

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.