Four Hunting Scenes: The Meet; Found!; The Flying Pack; and Who-o-p!

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Robert Polhill Bevan (1865-1925)
Four Hunting Scenes: The Meet; Found!; The Flying Pack; and Who-o-p!
the rare set of four lithographs, 1898-99, The Meet, Found! and The Flying Pack on cream wove paper, stencil numbered 1-3, from the edition of approximately thirty, and Who-o-p on thin wove paper, watermark INDIANA MILL - EXTRA STRONG, one of only a few known proof impressions printed from the first stone, lacking the portfolio

Image: 252 x 337 mm. (Dry 17-19), 247 x 337 mm. (Dry 20)
Sheet: 383 x 550 mm. (and smaller)
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Provenance

with The Fine Art Society, London, where purchased by the present owner.

Literature

G. Dry, Robert Bevan 1965-1925, Catalogue Raisonné of the lithographs and other prints, London, 1968, no. 17-20 (other impressions illustrated).

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Lot Essay

The final lithograph in this series, Who-o-p!, is one of only a few known proofs printed from the stone before it accidentally broke during printing. This necessitated the subject being completely re-drawn by the artist, with some small variations, onto a new stone from which the edition was printed.

Although Graham Dry suggests that Four Hunting Scenes may have been published in an edition of approximately thirty, the series is of great rarity at auction. To our knowledge only one set has been offered in the last three decades (from the Studio of Robert Polhill Bevan, Christie's South Kensington, 3 December 2003, lot 568. This example included the portfolio with the lithograph Huntsman and Hounds on the cover).

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