Lot 79
ALASDAIR GRAY (SCOTTISH B.1934) §
SET OF 4 LITHOGRAPHS FROM THE 'LANARK' SERIES
Contemporary and Post War Art | 555
Auction: 17 April 2019 at 12:00 BST
Description
Comprising 'Cover' (no.7/45); 'Title Page' (no. 5/45), 'Book 2' (no.7/45), and 'Book 3' (no. 4/45), all of which signed, titled and numbered out of 45 in pencil to margin, and dated '19.2.81', lithographs, printed by Glasgow Print Studio in 1981, unframed with orginal mounts (4)
Dimensions
each 63.5cm x 43cm (25in x 17in) (full sheet) except for 'Cover' which measures 44.5cm x 62cm (17.5in x 24.5in)
Footnote
Provenance: The Glasgow Print Studio;
Private Collection, Scotland
Note: The full set in this edition comprises 6 prints in total. A full version of this set is held in Tate, London. As far as we are aware, these are the first examples of the series to have appeared at auction. They largely remain in private and institutional collections.