Lot no. 425
British Post War
William Turnbull
Untitled. 1963. lithograph on wove paper. 33.5 x 33 cm. Signed and dated verso. - Upper left corner with slight crease. Margins delicately browned. Very good overall. Splendid impression of the format-filling motif with deep black, decidedly chalky effect.
Rare. William Turnbull's work is characterised by a synthesis of Western modernism and Far Eastern aesthetics. His trips to Japan, Cambodia and Singapore in 1962 and 1963 had a lasting influence on his artistic development. The impressions he gained there led to an increased focus on minimalist forms and a contemplative visual language. These influences of structural clarity and concentration on the essentials also manifest themselves in his graphic work, as the present sheet impressively demonstrates with its formal rigour and meditative quality.
Lithograph on wove paper. Signed and dated verso. - Upper left corner with slight crease. Margins delicately browned. Overall very good. Splendid impression of the full-format motif with a deeply black and decidedly chalky effect. - Rare. William Turnbull's work is characterised by a synthesis of Western modernism and Far Eastern aesthetics. His trips to Japan, Cambodia and Singapore in 1962 and 1963 had a lasting influence on his artistic development. The impressions he gained there led to an increased focus on minimalist forms and a contemplative visual language. These influences of structural clarity and concentration on the essentials also manifest themselves in his graphic work, as the present sheet impressively demonstrates with its formal rigour and meditative quality.
500
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