Collecting Prints by Richard Smith
16 November 2022

Collecting
Prints by Richard Smith

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Overview

Although artist Richard Smith was primarily known as an abstract painter, he was also celebrated for his printmaking, creating unique and limited edition prints in a variety of mediums. The etchings and monotypes in this presentation are part of a collection made with master printers Hugh Stoneman and Alan Cox in Penzance, Cornwall in 1997.

Each characterised by their vibrant, jewel-like colour palettes and fluid graphic forms, Smith's printed works reflect imagery from his paintings. With their energetic brushstrokes and watercolour-like texture, the works present a strong link with the untitled compositions produced by Smith at the time and his interest in the hidden grid-like warp and weft of a canvas, further accented by his interwoven constructions. 

Colour has been central to Richard Smith’s practice: these works reveal colour groupings combined in an intuitive manner, harmonies which can be likened to radio waves pulsating energy. The winding brush strokes over more rigid horizontal lines are reminiscent of the staves of sheet music and convey a state of flux, both in terms of the visual forms which seem to move before the viewer’s eyes and in the diverse emotional reactions they inspire.


Prices shown exclude VAT, shipping and framing.
Richard Smith in the Studio, East Tytherton, circa 1975, Photograph by Rowland Scherman, Courtesy the Rowland Scherman Project.
Richard Smith Untitled 9, 1997
£ 8,500.00
Richard Smith, Untitled 9, 1997
£ 8,500
Richard Smith Signature, 1997
£ 1,500.00
Richard Smith, Signature, 1997
£ 1,500
Richard Smith Warp and Weft II, 1997
£ 1,500.00
Richard Smith, Warp and Weft II, 1997
£ 1,500
Richard Smith Writing, 1997
£ 1,500.00
Richard Smith, Writing, 1997
£ 1,500
Richard Smith Writ Large, 1997
£ 1,800.00
Richard Smith, Writ Large, 1997
£ 1,800
Richard Smith Writing in the Sand, 1997
£ 1,500.00
Richard Smith, Writing in the Sand, 1997
£ 1,500

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