Abstract Painting with Fruit - Screenprint by Derrick Greaves
Abstract Painting with Fruit - Screenprint by Derrick Greaves
DERRICK GREAVES
(1927-2022)
Abstract Painting with Fruit, 1979
Screenprint on paper
Signed and dated in pencil l.r.: Derrick Greaves 79, numbered in pencil l.l.: 45/200
Framed
Image size 50.5 by 38 cm., 20 by 15 ½ in.
(frame size 72.5 by 59 cm. 28 ½ by 23 ¼ in.)
Derrick Greaves was born in Sheffield where he first worked as an apprentice to a sign-writer before winning a scholarship to the Royal College of Art (1948-52). He became one of Britain’s most important late twentieth century artists, initially gaining acclaim in the 1950s when he represented Britain at the Venice Biennale along with the other Kitchen-Sink painters with whom he was associated. He is represented in many public collections, including the Tate Gallery, London
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