The Fine Art Society in Edinburgh
JOHN BYRNE THEN TILL NOW A SMALL GROUP OF PICTURES FROM THE LATE 1960S TO THE PRESENT
The Fine Art Society in Edinburgh presents
JOHN BYRNE THEN TILL NOW A SMALL GROUP OF PICTURES FROM THE LATE 1960S TO THE PRESENT 27 SEPTEMBER - 9 NOVEMBER 2019
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Hand painted guitar 1968; signed ‘Patrick’ on head and reverse oil · 43 x 15 ½ x 4 ¼ inches provenance: private collection, London, since 1968 exhibited: Portal Gallery, London, 1968
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Girl with Blackbird c.1968-1969; signed ‘Patrick’ watercolour and gouache · 16 ½ x 19 inches exhibited: Portal Gallery, London, 1975
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Boy & Jabberwocky 1971; signed ‘Patrick’; titled verso watercolour · 9 ¼ x 9 ¼ inches
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Guitar Player c.1971; signed pencil ¡ 15 ž x 13 inches exhibited: Aitken Dott & Son, Edinburgh, November 1973, no.1
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Zeidler & Zeidler c.1971; signed watercolour · 6 ¾ x 6 ¾ inches
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Robbie Coltrane as Danny McGlone on the TV 1985-86; signed watercolour, pen and ink ¡ 5 x 5 inches provenance: private collection, Montrose
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L’Ange Noir signed ‘Patrick’ and titled watercolour and Caran d’Ache pastels · 44 x 52 ½ inches provenance: private collection, London
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Brown Guitar Man signed, titled and dated 2008 in pencil to margin hand coloured lithograph ¡ 26 ½ x 18 ½ inches
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You’ll be Fine! 2004 watercolour on scraperboard · 9 x 10 ¼ inches
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The Dizzy 2004 watercolour on scraperboard · 6 ¾ x 6 ¾ inches
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The Private Eye 2004 watercolour on scraperboard · 7 ½ x 4 ½ inches
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First Date signed oil on board ¡ 26 x 18 inches
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Self portrait with red eye c.2010; signed mixed media on panel · 17 ¼ x 10 ¾ inches exhibited: Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh, 2011
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Skulduggery (diptych) 2015; signed oil on gesso board ¡ 24 x 19 ž inches each
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Wee Storie Street 2015; signed oil and pastel on card ¡ 22 x 42 ½ inches
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Selfie 2019; signed oil and pastel on Arches paper ¡ 28 x 24 inches provenance: the artist’s studio
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The Gambler 2019; signed, titled and numbered 1/1 in pencil to margin hand coloured lithograph ¡ 29 x 19 Ÿ inches provenance: the artist’s studio
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Jazz Man 2019; signed, titled and numbered 1/1 in pencil to margin hand coloured lithograph · 26 ¾ x 18 ¾ inches provenance: the artist’s studio
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Green Guitar Man 2019; signed, titled and numbered 1/1 in pencil to margin hand coloured lithograph · 26 ¾ x 18 ¾ inches provenance: the artist’s studio
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Blues Guitarist 2019; signed, titled and numbered 1/1 in pencil to margin hand coloured lithograph · 26 ¾ x 18 ¾ inches provenance: the artist’s studio
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Brown Guitar Man 2019; signed, titled and inscribed A/P in pencil to margin hand coloured lithograph · 26 ¾ x 18 ¾ inches provenance: the artist’s studio
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A/P 2019; signed; signed, titled and numbered 1/1 in pencil to margin hand coloured lithograph · 26 ¾ x 18 ¾ inches provenance: the artist’s studio
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The Fine Art Society in Edinburgh
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Published by The Fine Art Society in Edinburgh for the exhibition
JOHN BYRNE THEN TILL NOW held at 6 Dundas Street, Edinburgh, EH3 6HZ from 27 September to 9 November 2019 Catalogue Š The Fine Art Society in Edinburgh Images Š John McKenzie Photography All rights reserved
Front cover: Hand painted guitar, pp. 2-3 Inside front cover: Skullduggery (detail), pp. 18-19 Left: Girl with Blackbird (detail), pp. 4-5 Back cover: Hand painted guitar (reverse), pp. 2-3
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