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PROCKTOR, PATRICK: : SELF-PORTRAIT

LONDON.GEORGE WEIDENFELD & NICOLSON LIMITED,1991.

ISBN 0297811665.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,colour self portrait photographic illustrated front panel of dw/dj with with black; lettering,rear panel with autobiographical colour photograph; with negligible shelf- wear or creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks or tears present.Top+fore- edges bright and clean; contents bright, tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread - apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original plain dark brown cloth boards with bright,crisp, stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate b/w illustrated endpapers. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,1-200pp [paginated] includes 12 chapters,an envoi, 21 b/w drawings from his own sketchbooks and 16pp contemporary b/w illus and autobiographical photographs in 2 blocks of 8pp apiece,between pp88/9 and pp120/21 respectively,an index,plus [unpaginated] b/w vignette illustrated half-title with b/w vignette illustration to its recto for illus+photographs credits,title page, contents list/table,with b/w vignette illustrated acknowledgements,b/w vignette illustrated dedication. Patrick Procktor RA (b. 12.05/1936,d. 29/08/2003) was a prominent English artist of the late 20th century.Born in Dublin, the younger son of an oil company accountant,but moved to London when his father died in 1940.Educated Highgate School where his teachers included landscape painter Kyffin Williams.Unable to be funded at university,at 18 he was conscripted to the Royal Navy for his National Service,where he learned to speak Russian.As a consequence,working as a Russian interpreter with the British Council,he began to paint and draw in his spare time.Accepted into the Slade School of Fine Art in 1958.Whilst there,he was influenced by such artists as William Coldstream and Keith Vaughan,in turn developing a dark,figurative painting style. Became a professional artist in 1962 and had his first London exhibition at the Redfern Gallery in Cork Street in 1963. That commercial success helped confirm his reputation amongst a wider artistic circle including theatre and music - he won numerous commissions for pop record sleeves: Procktor's painting 'The Guardian Readers' is the cover art for Elton John's 1976 album,Blue Moves.A year later, Procktor was featured in Bryan Robertson's New Generation exhibition at the Whitechapel Gallery a show that also raised the profile of fellow artists David Hockney,Bridget Riley and John Hoyland. Working primarily in oils,acrylics and watercolour,he drew on pop art influences, but his travels were also an influence. Adept also,at print-making,he produced a sequence to illustrate a new 1976 edition of Coleridge's 'The Rime of the Ancient Mariner'.In 1984 he was commissioned to paint a reredos for the St John the Baptist's Chapel in Chichester Cathedral. elected a member of the Royal Academy in 1996 and died seven years later,aged 67. Please contact seller,because of the weight/value of this item for correct [insured,or uninsured at own risk] shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,stock(s') shipping quotes are adjusted for any refunds AFTER receipt of order and BEFORE the despatch of the order,especially if the item is offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: US Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. ** 

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
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