CRAIGIE AITCHISON
CRAIGIE AITCHISON (1926-2009)
Paintings & Prints 6 October – 3 November 2017
Monday - Friday 10.00 - 5.30 Saturday 11.00 - 2.00
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Paintings 1.
White Butterfly, Yellow Painting, 1965 oil on canvas 30 x 25 inches Provenance Private Collection, France.
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Landscapes: A Set of Three oil on board each 8 1/4 x 5 1/2 inches Provenance Private Collection, France.
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Model in a Black Hat, 1977 oil on canvas 30 x 24 inches Provenance Private Collection, UK (acquired directly from the artist) Exhibited ‘Craigie Aitchison: Paintings 1953–81’, Arts Council, Serpentine Gallery, 1981, cat. no.75, (cat. with introduction by Helen Lessore; essay by John McEwen) ‘Five Protagonists’, Browse & Darby, London, 1994 (cat. with essay by Andrew Lambirth). ‘Craigie Aitchison: Out of the Ordinary’, Royal Academy, Sackler Rooms, London, 9th October – 9th November 2003 (cat. no. 28). Literature Gibbon Williams, Andrew, ‘Craigie: ‘The Art of Craigie Aitchison’, (Edinburgh, Canongate Books Ltd, 1996), pl. 52, p. 89.
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Portrait of Patrick Conyngham, 1980 oil on canvas 11 3/4 x 10 inches Provenance Estate of Sheelagh Cluney
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Portrait of Patrick Conyngham, 1980 oil on canvas 18 x 14 inches Provenance Estate of Sheelagh Cluney Literature Lambirth, Andrew, ‘Cross examination’ (review), The Spectator, 30 March 2013, pp. 38-39 (not reprod.).
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Blue Bird and Lemon Still Life oil on canvas 20 x 24 inches Provenance Duke Street Gallery, London. Private Collection, UK.
Exhibited Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy, 1982. Literature Green, Anthony, Royal Academy Illustrated 1982, A Souvenir of the 214th Summer Exhibition, (The Royal Academy, London, 1982). p. 33.
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Tree and Moon, 1980 oil on canvasboard 7 x 5 inches Provenance Estate of Sheelagh Cluney
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Crucifixion, 1984 oil on canvas 68 x 57 inches Provenance Estate of Sheelagh Cluney Exhibited ‘Nine Contemporary Painters: A Personal Choice’, selected by Andrew Lambirth, City of Bristol Museum and Art Centre, Bristol, 16 June – 22 July 1990, catalogue no. 12 (repro. in colour p. 9). Literature Hamilton, Adrian, ‘He Comes in Colour’ (review), The Independent, 18 March 2013, pp. [40]-41 (reprod. In colour p. 41) Lambirth, Andrew, ‘Cross examination’ (review), The Spectator, 30 March 2013, pp. 38-39. (not reprod.) Haste, Cate, Craigie Aitchison: A Life in Colour, (Lund Humphries, London, 2014), pp. 140, (repro. in colour p. 140, pl. 126).
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Portrait of Sheelagh Cluney, 1990 oil on canvas 30 x 25 inches Provenance Estate of Sheelagh Cluney Literature Gibbon Williams, Andrew, ‘Craigie: ‘The Art of Craigie Aitchison’, (Canongate Books Ltd, Edinburgh, 1996), pl. 52, p. 89.
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Portrait of Margot, 1992-1993 oil on canvas 24 x 22 inches Provenance Estate of Sheelagh Cluney Exhibited ‘Craigie Aitchison: New Paintings’, Thomas Gibson Fine Art, London, 1 October – 4 November 1993 (repro. in colour in catalogue, unpaginated). Literature Haste, Cate, Craigie Aitchison: A Life in Colour, (Lund Humphries, London, 2014), pp. 165 (repro. in colour p. 165, pl. 152). McEwen, John, ‘Getting it right’ (review), Country Life, 6 March 2013, pp. 94-[95], (reprod. in colour p. [95]).
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Scottish Landscape (Arran), 1993 oil on canvas 7 x 9 3/4 inches Provenance Private collection, UK.
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The Pomegranate, 1994 oil on canvasboard 7 1/4 x 7 inches Provenance Estate of Sheelagh Cluney
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Red Bird, 1998 oil on canvas 18 x 14 inches Provenance Estate of Sheelagh Cluney
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Washing Line, Montecastelli, 2001 oil on canvas signed and dated on the reverse ‘Craigie Aitchison, 2001’ 24 x 20 inches Provenance Waddington Galleries (acquired direct from the artist) Sheelagh Cluney Estate of Sheelaph Cluney
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Washing Line, Montecastelli II, 2001 oil on canvas, 24 x 20 inches Provenance Waddington Galleries, London (acquired directly from the artist) Sheelagh Cluney Estate of Sheelagh Cluney Exhibited ‘Craigie Aitchison’, Ingelby Gallery, Edinburgh, 6 August – 13 September 2003 (reprod. in colour in catalogue, unpaginated).
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Still-Life II, Montecastelli, 2001 oil on canvas signed and dated on the reverse ‘Craigie Aitchison, 2001’ 12 x 10 inches Provenance Waddington Galleries, London (acquired directly from the artist) Sheelagh Cluney Estate of Sheelagh Cluney
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Portrait of Francis Fry, Montecastelli, 2002 oil on canvas signed and dated on the reverse ‘Craigie Aitchison/2002’ 10 x 8 inches Provenance Waddington Galleries, London (acquired directly from the artist) Sheelagh Cluney Estate of Sheelagh Cluney Literature Haste, Cate, Craigie Aitchison: A Life in Colour, (Lund Humphries, London, 2014), pp. 197-198 (repro. In colour p. 196, pl. 187).
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Tree and Birds; and Still Life of Flowers in a Vase, 1983 verso: Figure Studies, inscribed ‘Jose with love Craigie/January 1983’ coloured crayon on paper each 7 1/2 x 5 1/4 inches (both framed in one mount)
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Cypress Trees at Oppedette, 1998 screenprint from an edition 75 19 1/4 x 17 3/4 inches
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Ram in Moonlight, 2000 screenprint from an edition of 75 20 1/4 x 17 1/4 inches
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Crucifixion, 2001 silkscreen from an edition of 75 55 x 43 inches
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Holy Island, 2001 etching, aquatint & carborundum from an edition of 60 26 3/8 x 17 3/4 inches
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Indian Print I, 2001 screenprint 17 1/4 x 19 1/4 inches from an edition of 75
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Indian Print II, 2001 screenprint from an edition of 75 17 1/4 x 19 1/4 inches
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Candy Dead, 2002 screenprint from an edition of 75 12 x 10 inches
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Montecastelli Tree, 2002 screenprint from an edition of 75 12 x 10 inches
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Pink Crucifixion, 2004, hand-coloured carborundum etching on BFK rives paper from an edition of 50 plus 10 Aps 30 1/6 x 26 inches
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Still Life with Bird Vase, 2004 silkscreen from an edition of 300 12 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches
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Tree and Poppy, Montecastelli, 2004 screenprint from an edition 75 6 x 4 3/4 inches
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Birds on a Tree, 2008 screenprint from an edition of 75 19 3/4 x 15 3/4 inches
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