Artist: ALISTAIR GRANT, RBA, ARCA (1925-1997)

Title: 'Montignac' (original signed etching - framed)

Description:  Alistair Grant was born in London but as his mother was French he spent his childhood in Etaples, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, and he returned regularly to the family home there.  He taught print-making at the Royal College of Art from 1955, becoming head of the department in 1970.  He was a highly influential printmaker and his work is held by the Tate Gallery, the Victoria and Albert Museum, and extensively in the Government Art Collection.  During the 1950s and 1960s his work was shown frequently at the Zwemmer Gallery in London.

The present print measures 12"x15.5" image size.  It is pencil signed and dated 1956, inscribed with the title, and annotated 'Artist's Proof', and is quite a scarce etching.  The girl in the foreground is most probably Eva, a French girl, from Etaples we think, who features in many of Grant's paintings and prints from the 1950s.  The girl in the dark dress (left) is Eva's friend who also appears in quite a few of the works from this period.

The print was framed some time in the 1960s in the then traditional style, and sold by the Tudor Gallery of Denver, USA.  It is in good condition, not having been laid down, and although we haven't removed the print from the frame, we think it likely that the margins of the print have not been trimmed.  There is some slight time staining where the mount abuts the etching...

Price: £sold

Size:  12 x 15.5'' image size

Shipping: £20.00 to UK

Ref #: 0284