(i)-(vi) Nursery Rhymes, six plates (vii) See-Saw, Margery Daw, one plate
Details
Paula Rego (b. 1935)
(i)-(vi) Nursery Rhymes, six plates
(vii) See-Saw, Margery Daw, one plate
(i), (iii) signed and numbered in pencil 'Paula Rego A/P' (lower edge) (ii), (iv), (v) signed and numbered in pencil 'Paula Rego 14/50' (lower edge)
(vi) signed and inscribed in pencil 'Paula Rego unique proof' (lower edge)
(vii) signed and inscribed in pencil 'Paula Rego unique proof sunset' (lower edge)
(i),(iii),(iv),(v) etching and aquatint with hand-colouring on arches wove paper
(ii) etching and aquatint on arches wove paper
(vi),(vii) etching and aquatint extensively handcoloured with watercolour by the artist
(i) plate: 8¼ x 8 7/8in. (21 x 22.6cm.)
(ii) plate: 8 7/8 x 8½in. (22.5 x 21.5cm.)
(iii) plate: 8½ x 8 7/8in. (21.4 x 22.6cm.)
(iv) plate: 12 5/8 x 8 3/8in. (32 x 21.5cm.)
(v) plate: 12¼ x 8½in. (31.6 x 21cm.)
(vi) plate: 12 5/8 x 8 3/8in. (32 x 21.4cm.)
(vii) plate: 12¾ x 8 7/8in. (32.4 x 21.4cm.)
Executed in 1989, (i), (iii), these works are one of fourteen artist's proofs, (i), (iv), (v), these works are number fourteen from an edition of fifty, (vi) this work is a unique proof; Executed in 1994, (vii) this work is a unique proof (6)
(i)-(vi) Nursery Rhymes, six plates
(vii) See-Saw, Margery Daw, one plate
(i), (iii) signed and numbered in pencil 'Paula Rego A/P' (lower edge) (ii), (iv), (v) signed and numbered in pencil 'Paula Rego 14/50' (lower edge)
(vi) signed and inscribed in pencil 'Paula Rego unique proof' (lower edge)
(vii) signed and inscribed in pencil 'Paula Rego unique proof sunset' (lower edge)
(i),(iii),(iv),(v) etching and aquatint with hand-colouring on arches wove paper
(ii) etching and aquatint on arches wove paper
(vi),(vii) etching and aquatint extensively handcoloured with watercolour by the artist
(i) plate: 8¼ x 8 7/8in. (21 x 22.6cm.)
(ii) plate: 8 7/8 x 8½in. (22.5 x 21.5cm.)
(iii) plate: 8½ x 8 7/8in. (21.4 x 22.6cm.)
(iv) plate: 12 5/8 x 8 3/8in. (32 x 21.5cm.)
(v) plate: 12¼ x 8½in. (31.6 x 21cm.)
(vi) plate: 12 5/8 x 8 3/8in. (32 x 21.4cm.)
(vii) plate: 12¾ x 8 7/8in. (32.4 x 21.4cm.)
Executed in 1989, (i), (iii), these works are one of fourteen artist's proofs, (i), (iv), (v), these works are number fourteen from an edition of fifty, (vi) this work is a unique proof; Executed in 1994, (vii) this work is a unique proof (6)
Literature
(i) T.G. Rosenthal, Paula Rego: The Complete Graphic Work, London 2003, nos. 38, 40, 42, 52, 59 and 114 (another from the edition illustrated in colour, pp. 259-261 and 270).
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