Geoffrey MacEwan (Signed) Artist Proofs : 6 Drypoint based on Orpheus

Six Drypoints based on 'Orpheus' : A Poetic Extract from Boethius' De Philosophiae Consolatione

By Geoffrey MacEwan

For sale we have a Limited Edition 'Artists'Proof' of 6 Drypoints. Produced in 1990. Signed by the artist Geoffrey MacEwan to the inside front board. The prints are laid in loose as bound and the book is housed in a slipcase.

CONDITION
In very good condition throughout. Slipcase and covers in good condition. The printed are clean throughout. A scarce item.

ABOUT GEOFFREY MACEWAN
Born in Edinburgh, Geoff MacEwan trained to be an artist at London's Goldsmiths College, followed by a 2 year postgraduate fellowship at the Slade School where he was a contemporary of Derek Jarman and Maggie Hambling.

McEwan''s last major one-man show in Scotland was of paintings based on Dante's Commedia at the Talbot Rice Centre, Edinburgh (1986). At that time he belonged to Andrew Brown's stable of artists at his 369 Gallery that included Caroline McNairn, Fiona Carlisle, Callum Innes and Rob McLaurin.

He has lived and worked on the Spanish island of Mallorca since 1991 and was awarded a fellowship to work with Juan Miro's printmaker, Juan Barbera at the Miro Foundation, Palma de Mallorca (1995).

McEwan exhibits regularly, most recently at Oxford's Ashmolean Museum and Christchurch Gallery, annually at galleries in Palma and Valencia and at ARCO Madrid.

His work is held in private collections in Spain and the UK and in major public collections including: The Victoria and Albert Museum, London; The Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh; The Ashmolean Museum, Oxford; The National Library of Scotland; The Scottish Poetry Library, Edinburgh St John''s College, Oxford; The Miro Foundation, Palma de Mallorca; The Reina Sofia Museum, Madrid; Arte y Naturaleza, Madrid; Benveniste Gallery, Madrid; Joan Oliver Gallery, Mallorca

(Location : Desk, Manuscript shelf)