Edward Wolfe RA "Song of Songs - Complete Set of 12"

twelve coloured lithographs on silver paper

14" x 10.5"

each one signed and numbered 200/250

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A complete portfolio of twelve colour lithographs on silver paper presented in a green solander box.
In an excellent condition.


   Edward Wolfe painted the original twelve drawings in ink, gouache on Chinese silver paper in 1930 to accompany a new translation of the text by the novelist and poet Louis Golding. Unfortunately, this book was never printed. These were subsequently exhibited in a Edward Wolfe Arts Council Exhibition in 1967.
   Wolfe wanted to achieve the same effect with the prints on silver background, but he was advised of techinical difficulties with printing. It was not until he met a number of years later the master printer Adrian Lack of The Senecio Press that it became possible to lithographically produce this portofolio. Experts who have seen the proofs were struck by the faithfulness to the originals. Thus 250 copies of the twelve drawings were printed 50 years after their execution. These portfolios were sold by Royal Academy.

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Price: £1000