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British Postwar Pasmore, Victor
Two Images.
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381
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British Postwar Pasmore, Victor
Two Images.
See original version (German)
Estimate €2,000 - €2,500
Voluntary lot
Description
British Postwar
Pasmore, Victor
Two Images. 1974. Etching, aquatint and embossed print on re-rolled Japanese paper. 45.5 x 47.5 cm. (87 x 67 cm). Signed, dated and numbered. - A magnificent print, conveying painterly qualities, with a wide margin.
Victor Pasmore. Catalogue Raisonné of Painting, Architecture and Prints 1926–1979, 52. – Double Dream in Art. 2RC: Between Artist and Craftsman, 260. - Here, Pasmore’s characteristic abstract visual language of the 1970s is evident: a large-scale organic form, rendered in a rich, matt-opaque chrome yellow, dominates the left-hand half of the picture – applied evenly and without gradients, yet featuring the velvety flocking characteristic of aquatint, which lends the surface atmospheric depth and a subtle inner vibration through a fine, grainy glaze. It is accompanied by understated elements on the right: a dense, opaque, deep-black oval; a delicate trail of lines with small knots – which reveal the etching character of the needle – as well as a softly glazed, warm-grey oval, which appears almost stony and helps to establish the floating, spherical pictorial space of the sheet. A small carmine-red ring on the yellow shape serves as a precise compositional accent, a quiet ‘eye’ that centres the pictorial tension. The cream-white sheet is not merely a neutral support, but an active pictorial ground: Pasmore translates painterly qualities into the graphic medium – the areas of colour organically feel their way into the space as the etching process unfolds, and the tension between geometric intention and the randomness of the printing process creates a quality that otherwise seems reserved for painting. Pasmore consistently developed this compositional approach from the 1960s onwards, influenced by his move to Malta in 1965 and the Mediterranean light, which is directly reflected in the luminous golden yellow and the cloud-like spread of the aquatint tones.
Etching, aquatint and embossing on rolled Japanese paper. Signed, dated and numbered. – A magnificent print that captures the picturesque beauty of colour gradations, with a wide margin. - This work exemplifies Pasmore’s typical abstract visual language of the late 1970s to the 1990s: a large organic form in saturated, matt-opaque chrome yellow dominates the left half of the composition – applied evenly and without gradation, yet rendered in that velvety, flocculent quality characteristic of aquatint, which lends the surface an atmospheric depth and a quiet inner vibration through its fine, granular bloom. It is accompanied by restrained elements on the right: a dense, opaque deep-black oval; a delicate line trace with small nodes – which reveals the etched character of the needle; and a softly glazed warm-grey oval that appears almost stone-like, contributing to the hovering, spherical pictorial space of the sheet. A small carmine-red ring on the yellow form serves as a precise compositional accent, a quiet ‘eye’ that centres the pictorial tension. The cream-white sheet is no neutral support but an active ground: Pasmore translates painterly values into the graphic medium – the colour fields advance organically into space in accordance with the etching process, and the tension between geometric intention and the contingencies of printing technique produces a quality that would otherwise seem reserved for painting alone. Pasmore consistently developed this compositional approach from the 1960s onwards, shaped by his move to Malta in 1965 and the Mediterranean light that is directly reflected in the luminous gold-yellow and the cloud-like spread of the aquatint tones.
*This lot is subject to standard tax. A 24.95% buyer’s premium is payable on the hammer price, and 7% (Books and Art) or 19% VAT (Manuscripts, Screenprints, Offset Prints, Photographs) is payable on the final invoice amount within the European Union. This work is subject to the standard tax regime. A 24.95% buyer’s premium applies to the hammer price, and 7% (books and art) or 19% VAT (manuscripts, screen prints, offset prints and photographs) applies to the final invoice amount within the European Union.
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