William Tillyer
Plate size: 7.7 x 11 cms (3 x 4 1/4 ins)
100
PROOFS
12
PRINTER
Birgit Skiöld Print Workshop
PUBLISHED BY
Bernard Jacobson Ltd., London
Eighteen Small Prints followed on from another portfolio of screenprints published the previous year by the Bernard Jacobson Gallery entitled 14 BIG Prints. At this time, a number of contemporary artists had been experimenting with the medium of screenprinting; the earlier portfolio, as its title suggests, was one of the first to exploit the medium’s ability to create prints on a larger scale. Some of the other artists invited to make prints for the first portfolio were Peter Blake, Bernard Cohen, Robyn Denny, John Hoyland and Eduardo Paolozzi. The story goes that it was Peter Blake who suggested to Bernard Jacobson that, as a riposte to 14 BIG Prints, he might ask artists to make prints on a very small scale, through a note left at the original gallery.
Exhibitions
Bernard Jacobson Gallery, London, Prints I Published, 13th February - 9th March 2019