Shelf Life: Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper from the Library of Stanley J. Seeger and Christopher Cone

Shelf Life: Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper from the Library of Stanley J. Seeger and Christopher Cone

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Glen Baxter | A suite of five lithographs signed and dated 1984

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Glen Baxter


A Suite of Five Lithographs. Printed by Guy Field at Curwen Studios. London: Nigel Greenwood Publications, 1984


737 x 534 mm each, signed in pencil and dated '86 to lower right, numbered 190/200 to lower left, housed in cardboard portfolio numbered 190


(i) The Fourth Time.


"It was the fourth time that Daddy had fallen for the exploding fork routine...";


(ii) Brenda


""I sensed that Brenda was trying to impress me..."";


(iii) Sunday Morning Shopping


""How he hated Saturday morning shopping"", mounted, framed and glazed;


(iv) The Cricket Match


"Mr Unwin often gave me advice on how to distract the bowler";


(v) Sunset.


"He seemed to be pointing to a badly printed sunset"

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