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Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Bruce McLean, A Carefully Peeled Golden Wonder Against a Dark Background, 2021

Bruce McLean

A Carefully Peeled Golden Wonder Against a Dark Background, 2021
Giclee print and 23.5 ct gold leaf on Somerset Satin enhanced 330 gsm paper
80 x 65 cms (31 1/2 x 25 5/8 ins)
Edition of 35
Signed lower right (recto); editioned lower left (recto)

'Every Sunday from about the age of 4 my grandfather Peter McLean would ask me to draw a potato against a black background or a scone off a plate. Off the plinth works 10 years before Caro. This procedure was repeated every Sunday till he died when I was about 12'. - Bruce McLean
Bruce McLean, A Carefully Peeled Golden Wonder Against a Dark Background, 2021
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All prints come with a certificate of authenticity issued by the gallery.
All prints come with a certificate of authenticity issued by the gallery.

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Henri Matisse: The Goldfish Bowls and Other Prints (London Original Print Fair), Bernard Jacobson Gallery, London, 1 - 28 May 2021

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