John Davies (b.1946) - 1983 Lithograph Three Figures in a Pub

Description

Condition

In excellent condition. This piece has come straight out of the portfolio box with protective tissue paper.

Size

28.1 x 29.1cm (11.1" x 11.5")
Sheet: 31 x 30.9cm (12.2" x 12.2")

Collection Information

These works are from a cased set of prints by artists who were associated with the Swedish printmaker and modernist Birgit Skiöld, entitled 'A Tribute to Birgit Skiöld'. The artists featured in this portfolio were taught by or worked with Skiöld.

Birgit Skiöld (1923-1982) was a Swedish printmaker and modernist, heralded as one of the most important printmakers of the 20th century. She exhibited at the Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolour in London as well as holding one man exhibitions throughout England and abroad. From 1958 until her untimely death in May 1982, Birgit ran the highly successful Print Workshop in the basement of 28 Charlotte Street, London. The workshop was the first open-access professional print workshop in England and soon became a destination of choice for such celebrated artists as David Hockney, Eduardo Paolozzi, Joe Tilson and Victor Pasmore. In tribute to her enormous contribution to printmaking, the V&A held an exhibition of Birgit’s work in 2011. Sulis Fine Art have a separate collection of her works available.

After the artist's death, as commemorative project was produced, entitled ‘A Tribute to Birgit Skiold’ to raise funds for the Birgit Skiold Memorial Trust. 118 artists from various countries contributed free of charge an edition of 25 prints in the 30 x 30 cm format, to create a portfolio of three volumes. Following the preface, tributes were provided by Graham Reynolds, Nils Stenquist, John McEwen, James Kirkup and Pat Gilmour, as well as poems by Edward Lucie-Smith and James Kirkup. The British Museum holds one of the editions.

The present works are taken from the first volume of edition 18, published by the Birgit Skiöld Memorial Trust and distributed by Pimlico Press, London in 1983. The volume is number 18 of the edition.

We have included images of the original volume box and frontispiece for reference only - you will not receive these with your purchase.

If you are interested in purchasing the volume as a whole (including the original case), please get in touch.

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Artist Biography

Sculptor, painter and teacher, born in Cheshire. He studied painting at Hull College of Art, 1963-64 and Manchester College of Art and Design, 1964-65 then two years at the Slade School, 1965-67. He was awarded a sculpture fellowship at Gloucester College of Art, 1969 and in 1970 won the Sainsbury award. The most important solo exhibition for John Davies in his early career was held at the Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, in 1972, followed by another at the same venue three years later. He also exhibited solo at Marlborough Fine Art, 1980 and 1984 as well as Ferens Art Gallery, Hull in 1983, the Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, Norwich, 1985, Marlborough Gallery, New York, 1989, the Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester, 1996 and the Purdy Hicks Gallery, London, 1998. His sculpture and drawings have been included in many group exhibitions in Britain, Europe, America, India, Australia and Japan, with pieces being acquired in most of those countries for both public and private collections. In 2008 he participated in the 'British Surrealism & Other Realities' at the MIMA, Middlesbrough and in 2009 in 'British Surrealism in Context' : A Collector’s Eye', at Leeds Art Gallery. Davies' sculpture and drawings are almost always based on the human figure. The ACGB, CAS, Ulster Museum, Belfast, BMAG, BC, BM, Cecil Higgins Art Gallery, Bedford, Ferens Art Gallery, Hull, Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, Harris Museum and Art Gallery, Preston, NPG, Pallant House Gallery, Chichester, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh, V&A, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut and York City Art Gallery. The Tate Gallery hold Davies' work, the Young Man, 1969-70, arising from the time when Davies was teaching at Cheltenham Art College. John Davies lived and worked in Thessaloniki, northern Greece, in the mid-1990's, but is now based in London.