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The Penwith Portfolio

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The Penwith Portfolio
The Penwith Portfolio
The Penwith Portfolio

The Penwith Portfolio

Date1973
Artwork TypePortfolio Summary
Catalogue NumberPOR 26
Dimensionsportfolio: 820 × 755 mm
Ownershipportfolio summary - see individual publications for ownership
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The Penwith Portfolio/A collection of original prints/by twelve of Britain's world famous/contemporary artists who by/their generous gifts have enabled/publication at considerably/less than current market prices_/as their major contribution to/the new Penwith Gallery scheme in/ St. Ives, Cornwall/A Portfolio of Twelve Lithographs/

1 Robert Adams/2 Alan Davie/3 Merlyn Evans/4 Duncan Grant/5 Barbara Hepworth/6 Peter Lanyon/7 Bernard Leach/8 F E McWilliam/9 Henry Moore/10 Ben Nicholson/11 John Piper/12 Michael Rothenstein/published in November 1973 by/Penwith Galleries Ltd/Back Road West,/Downalong, St Ives, Cornwall

Published as a portfolio containing the lithograph CGM 297 and eleven other lithographs, one each by the above artists.

820 x 755mm: 2 unnumbered pages in 1 sheet of T.H. Saunders with CGM 297 on T.H. Saunders and eleven other lithographs on various papers, each in a paper folder with the plate number and artist's name on a small printed label stuck to the front lower right, contained in a light brown linen-covered envelope-portfolio with fawn ties, and the title blocked in white on the front.

p.[1] title, contents, imprint

p.[2] details of prints, edition

pls.1-8 lithographs

pl.9 CGM 297

pls.10-12 lithographs

The edition, unnumbered and unsigned, comprises:

112 copies with CGM 297 numbered 1/90 to 90/90, AP I/X to AP X/X and HC I/XII to HC XII/XII signed and dated 73 in pencil by the artist

CGM 297 was printed by Curwen Prints Ltd, London.

The portfolios were made by Davall and Chown Ltd, London.

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