Les Deux Petits Verres. 1928-29. Drypoint. Appleby 135. 10 1/2 x 10 3/16 (sheet 18 1/4 x 12 3/8). Edition 100, #65. Illustrated: Fine Prints of the Year, 1920; Print Collector's Quarterly (1937): 374. A rich impression, with burr, printed on the full sheet of laid paper. Signed and numbered in pencil. This is a most charming study of a husband and wife sitting in a cafe, about to imbibe. $1,250
Edmund Blampied, RBA RE (1886-1966) is one of the most significant artists to have hailed from the Channel Islands. Greatly versatile, he worked as a painter, illustrator, and occasional sculptor, though is best remembered as a printmaker and, especially, an etcher. Having been born on a farm, he produced some particularly evocative etchings of agricultural and peasant subjects. Their fluidity of line, strong sense of humanity and Gallic humor suggest a kinship with Daumier and Gavarni.
An extensive selection of works by Edmund Blampied is available on the Allinson Gallery, Inc. website.
