WILLIAM JOHNSTONE O.B.E. (SCOTTISH 1897-1981) §
LITHOGRAPHS BY WILLIAM JOHNSTONE, WITH POEMS BY EDWIN MUIR, 1981
Estimate: £500 - £700
Auction: 22 January 2025 from 10:00 GMT
Description
The folio of 21 lithographs, 5/50, signed and numbered in blue ink by the artist to the frontispiece, signed by the artist in pencil to each lithograph, in original folio casing
Dimensions
each sheet, when folded, as issued 32.5cm x 25.5cm (12.75in x 10in)
Provenance
The current owner's late husband's company, James Gardiner Associates, designed the folio, and it is believed that the folio was acquired at the time of production, possibly as a gift.
Footnote
‘I do not mean my lithographs to have a literal connection with the poems I have chosen by Ewin Muir. I have tried to relate my unconscious and surreal perceptions to those of the poet. The poems, re-read over many years, contain layered depths of unconscious feeling and tension. The poet never realised that he was a true man of genius; he remained a man of doubt’ William Johnstone on Edwin Morgan and the works he produced for this folio.