Wilhelmina Barns-Graham CBE Scottish, 1912-2004
St Ives from The Gap, 1950
Offset drawing on wove paper.
Signed and dated in pencil.
Sheet: 39.8 x 59.5 cm (15 1/4 x 23 1/2 in.)
Frame: 51 x 68.5 cm (20 x 27 in.)
Frame: 51 x 68.5 cm (20 x 27 in.)
Unique monotype.
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Barns-Graham was a senior figure in British Modernism. Regarded as a painter, her prints, especially monotypes from the 1940s/50s, are less known. This very rare and important monotype from this...
Barns-Graham was a senior figure in British Modernism. Regarded as a painter, her prints, especially monotypes from the 1940s/50s, are less known. This very rare and important monotype from this period shows the artist’s consummate skill as a draughtswoman.
The view is from the artist's studio at her home 'The Gap' in St Ives. A similar pen and ink drawing by the artist, 'St Ives from The Gap', dated 1950, is held in the Wilhelmina Barns-Graham Trust's collection, object number BGT6739.
The view is from the artist's studio at her home 'The Gap' in St Ives. A similar pen and ink drawing by the artist, 'St Ives from The Gap', dated 1950, is held in the Wilhelmina Barns-Graham Trust's collection, object number BGT6739.
Provenance
Provenance Gifted by the artist to the present owner.Exhibitions
COLLECT | Modern Art exhibition, October 2023, The Porthminster Gallery, St Ives, UK.Publications
COLLECT | Modern Art exhibition catalogue, October 2023, The Porthminster Gallery, St Ives, UK, catalogue number 1.Join Mailing List
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