Richard Hamilton, C.H.

Screenprint in colours with silver foil collage, 1972, signed in pencil, numbered AP 13/15 (an Artist's proof aside from the edition of 150), printed by the artist and Kelpra Studio, London, with the Kelpra stamp verso, published by Petersburg Press for the National Council for Civil Liberties and Release, on Hodgkinson mould-made paper

With full margins, in good condition, a small broken pressure mark (measuring approx. 1cm) in Robert Fraser's thumb possibly associated with printing, very slight paper discoloration and creasing at extreme sheet edges, the occasional minute fox mark in the margin, framed.
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Release depicts Mick Jagger and the art dealer Robert Fraser handcuffed to each other and shying away from the paparazzi during their chaotic ride to court in a prison van in 1967. The work is a masterful example of contemporary print-making techniques. Based on a photograph taken by John Twine that appeared in the Daily Sketch newspaper, the print combines seventeen colour screens, two photographic black screens and additional collage of die-cut silver accents.

 

This impression found its first home in Cadaques, where the artist arrived in the summer of 1963 to visit Marcel Duchamp.  There Hamilton quickly became part of the town’s community of artists, architects, gallerists and collectors. Amongst those he befriended during his frequent trips to the Spanish seaside town was the original owner of this impression. The piece has since remained with this family for more than 30 years.