Branches

Artwork details

Artist

Lionel LeMoine Fitzgerald

Title

Branches

Description

Printed in black on oriental paper, c. 1935-37. Undescribed proof state, intermediate between the purely linear first state Coy alludes to and a third state (illustrated in Coy) with additional flecks on the trunk second from left. One of only ten impressions known.

Like a number of his artist contemporaries, Fitzgerald developed the habit of making a printed Christmas card annually, which served as a modest self-promotion as well as a friendly greeting. Eschewing the usual seasonal formulae, from 1923 to 1947 he produced spare designs of natural forms and occasional views from windows in geometric terms, largely in linocut on a black ground. The purity of his contours was always paramount, as it was in his drypoints and drawings. These prints are now very rare.

Date

1935

Medium

Linocut

Edition

Proof state, ten known overall

Signature

Unsigned

Catalogue Raisonne

Coy 81

Image

9.5 x 11.3 cm

Sheet

11.2 x 12.7 cm

Status

Available

Price

$1,200.00