ANDREW CRANSTON (SCOTTISH B.1969)
UNTITLED (MONKEY), 2006-2008
Estimate: £8,000 - £12,000
Auction: 22 January 2025 from 10:00 GMT
Description
Signed and dated 2006-2008 verso, oil and varnish on hardback book cover
Dimensions
24cm x 34.5cm (9.5in x 13.5in)
Provenance
Purchased from the artist's studio c. 2011/12
Footnote
Cranston was born in Hawick, Scotland in 1969. He studied Fine Art at Gray’s School of Art, Aberdeen, before completing an M.A. in Painting at the Royal College of Art, London. Today Cranston works from his Glasgow studio. One of Scotland’s foremost contemporary painters, he has exhibited extensively, including a recent major solo show ‘What made you stop here?’ at the Hepworth Wakefield in 2023-2024.
The work offered here for sale is from a significant strand within his oeuvre, created by painting, lacquering, layering and collaging over a ‘found’ book cover base. His work is subtle and gently narrative, recalling the world-making intimacy of Vuillard and Bonnard.