Philip Reeves etching - 'January'
Philip Reeves etching - 'January'
Title: 'January’ - One of a suite of images of the months commissioned by the Scottish Arts Council. Reeves recycled ‘January’ from a fragment of a larger etching ‘Forms on the Shore’, which dated from 1975.
Artist: Philip Reeves (1931-2017) signed.
Date: 1976
Edition: 16/50
Artist biography: Philip Reeves was one of the most prominent contemporary printmakers working in Scotland. His work displays a modern expressive abstraction. Reeves was the President of the Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolours 1998-2005. He was a Founder member of both Edinburgh Printmakers' Workshop, and the Glasgow Print Studio.
Ref: 'Philip Reeves' - Christopher Andreae - published by Lund Humphries, 2015. Illustrated on page 104.
Medium: Etching
Dimensions: Frame size: 43.5cm x 45.5cm: Image size 25cm x 25cm.
Condition: Excellent