Graham [Keene]

Lawrence Edward Lewis (Amer., active 1950s-60s).

Graham [Keene]

1957. Etching with aquatint, accompanied with typed letter attached to mount verso and “Corcoran Gallery of Art” exhibition catalogue, signed in plate lower right, 22.4 x 13.2cm. Stains, repaired tears and missing portions to margins. Laid down on acid-free tissue.

The letter dated “1 January, 1960” includes “Dear Mr. Stone, I have been told you wish some information re the etching ‘Graham’…The etching was executed, from sketches done a few months before, in the spring of 1957 in London. It was done on a zinc plate, and there were I think eight prints pulled, six of which are scattered over the English countryside.

Graham Keene, a sculptor I knew for several years in London, died half a year or so after the first sketches were completed…This etching won prizes in the Young Contemporaries exhibition in London in 1958, and was accepted in the Cotswold Artists exhibition of the same year…I remain, yours, Lawrence Edward Lewis.”

The accompanying Corcoran Gallery of Art catalogue lists the exhibition dates “November 21 to December 20, 1959” and includes names and addresses for the exhibiting artists. Lawrence Edward Lewis’ address at the time was “702 Devonshire Road, Takoma Park, Maryland, [USA].”

Established in 1890 the Corcoran Gallery of Art was incorporated into the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC in 2014. Ref: Wiki. Item #CL184-97

Price (AUD): $990