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Click here to subscribeRobin Tanner (1904-1988) ''Wiltshire Roadmaker'' Signed, inscribed ''touched proof'' and dated 1970, etching, with a letter to the reverse from Robin Tanner to ''Jim'' James Fairbairn, together with another etching by the same hand ''Wiltshire Woodman'' 13.5cm by 15cm and 11cm by 15.5cm (2) Artist's Resale Rights/Droit de Suite may apply to this lot, please refer to our Terms of Business
Robin Tanner (1904-1988) ''Allington in Wiltshire'' Signed, inscribed ''final state'', and dated (19)70, etching, together with another by the same hand ''Wiltshire Rickyard'', 19.5cm by 24cm and 24.5cm by 25.5cm respectively (2) Artist's Resale Rights/Droit de Suite may apply to this lot, please refer to our Terms of Business
Robin Tanner (1904-1988) ''Gray's Elegy'' Signed and dated 1980, etching together with two further etchings by the same hand ''June'' and ''Still is the Land'', 15.5cm by 15.5cm, 16.5cm by 19cm and 16cm by 22cm respectively (3) Artist's Resale Rights/Droit de Suite may apply to this lot, please refer to our Terms of Business
Jason Hicklin (b.1966) ''Ellesmere'' Signed, inscribed and dated (20)12, numbered 2/30, etching dyptich, together with a further etching dyptich by the artist ''Canal'', 21.5cm by 126cm and 19cm by 126cm respectively (2) Provenance: Zillah Bell Gallery, Thirsk Artist's Resale Rights/Droit de Suite may apply to this lot, please refer to our Terms of Business
Jason Hicklin (b.1966) ''Mere'' Signed, inscribed and dated (20)12, numbered 2/30, black and white etching dyptich, together with a further black and white etching dyptich ''The Mere'', by the same hand, 19.5cm by 126cm, 19cm by 129cm respectively (2) Provenance: Zillah Bell Gallery, Thirsk Artist's Resale Rights/Droit de Suite may apply to this lot, please refer to our Terms of Business
Robin Tanner (1904-1988) ''Christmas'' Signed, inscribed ''final state'' 1929, etching, 35.5cm by 28.5cm See illustration Artist's Resale Rights/Droit de Suite may apply to this lot, please refer to our Terms of Business ''My etched world is also an ideal world - a world of pastoral beauty that could be ours if we did by desire it passionately enough…'' Robin Tanner Born in Bristol, the son of a carpenter. Later moving to Chippenham in North West Wiltshire, Robin Tanner attended the grammar school there and spent a year in the town as a student teacher. In 1922 he went up to London to study teaching at Goldsmiths' College and subsequently took up a teaching position in Greenwich. During this time Tanner returned to Goldsmiths' to attend evening courses in etching. In 1926 a visit to a major retrospective of the work of Visionary and Neo-Romantic artist Samuel Palmer at the Victoria and Albert Museum proved a seminal moment in his life. Palmer's almost mystical vision of the English pastoral landscape - with his depictions of moonlit cornfields and the like - would serve to set the young artist on the path he would follow for the rest of his career. After completing his first etching in 1926 - A Tithe Barn - Tanner increasingly focused on art and he became part of the revival in English etching that was emerging at the time. In 1928 he returned to Wiltshire to etch full-time and produced some of his finest works, such as Martin's Hovel and Harvest Festival. However, the market for etchings crashed soon after this move, caused by the economic depression of 1929 and the growing dominance of photography as the preferred medium for illustrations in printed material. Setting aside a career as an artist, Tanner returned to teaching having married his childhood sweetheart, Heather, and settled in Kington Langley near Chippenham. Tanner had a passion for teaching fine art, was a great exponent of arts, crafts, poetry and music in schools, and from 1935 to 1964 was an H. M. Inspector of Primary Schools - a role in which he excelled. However, throughout his career he continued to pursue other private artistic endeavours and publishing several books with his wife. Following his retirement in 1964, Tanner once again dedicated himself to printmaking. His highly detailed etchings depicting pastoral scenes in North West Wiltshire are infused with an otherworldly atmosphere - at once timeless depictions of English rural life and idealised, often wistful scenes of a changing world. Lots 1-13 formed part of the collection of the late James Fairbairn of York, a colleague and firm friend of Tanner's. James was a fellow H. M. Inspector of Schools and made many trips to visit the Tanners' home in Kington Langley and in 1978 organised a holiday for Robin, Heather, Dietrich Hanff (a Jewish refugee adopted by the couple) and himself to York, Northumbria and the Scottish Borders. The etchings came directly into Fairbairn's collection from Tanner by gift and purchase; whilst many items from the collection were dispersed by bequests in Fairbairn's will, the current vendor received the substantial residue.
Norman Ackroyd CBE, RA (b.1938) ''Carp Lake'' Signed and dated 1988, inscribed and numbered 26/90, black and white etching, 47cm by 64cm Artist's Resale Rights/Droit de Suite may apply to this lot, please refer to our Terms of Business See illustration Some slight handling creases/ cockling to margins. Otherwise appears in good condition. Not examined out of the frame.
Robin Tanner (1904-1988) ''Hedge Flowers'' Signed and dated 1936, etching, together with two further etchings by the same hand, ''February'' and ''Flowers of May'', 27cm by 19.5cm, 29cm by 18.5cm and 30.5cm by 21.5cm respectively (3) See illustration Artist's Resale Rights/Droit de Suite may apply to this lot, please refer to our Terms of Business
Robin Tanner (1904-1988) ''The Clapper Bridge'' Signed and dated 1973, etching, together with another unsigned etching by the same hand ''Martins Hovell'', 19cm by 26cm and 19cm by 24cm respectively (2) Artist's Resale Rights/Droit de Suite may apply to this lot, please refer to our Terms of Business
Tom McGuinness (1926-2006) ''Night Shift, (No.3)'' Signed and dated (19)81, inscribed and numbered 13/25, etching with aquatint, together with two further prints by the same hand, ''Miners in the Returns'' and ''The Nature Trail, Murton'', 9cm by 12cm, 12.5cm by 7.5cm and 43cm by 67cm respectively (3) Artist's Resale Rights/Droit de Suite may apply to this lot, please refer to our Terms of Business
Maurice Langaskens (Dutch 1884-1946): 'Le Printemps', etching hand coloured, signed and titled in pencil, 'Bakehouse Close, Edinburgh', etching indistinctly signed and Landscape with Windmill, 19th century monochrome watercolour unsigned max 45cm x 53cm (3) Condition Report & Further Details Click here for further images, condition, auction times & delivery costs
20th century colour prints - 'Venetian and Italian Baroque' - Chair Studies and Cherubs in ornate gilt frames, Cattle in a River Landscape, etching indistinctly signed and three others max overall 65cm x 55cm (7) Condition Report & Further Details Click here for further images, condition, auction times & delivery costs
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