Lot 61
VARIOUS ARTISTS (STEVEN CAMPBELL, JOHN BELLANY, PETER HOWSON, JACK KNOX, BRUCE MCLEAN, JUNE REDFERN & ADRIAN WISZNIEWSKI) §
THE SCOTTISH BESTIARY - 1986
Auction: 30 September 2026 from 10:00 BST
Description
The complete portfolio of 20 prints by 7 artists, 11/15, aside from the standard edition of 60, with printed text by George Mackay Brown, signed in pencil by the author and each artist and numbered on the colophon page, housed in original green buckram folder and slipcase, printed at Peacock Printmakers, Aberdeen, published by Charles Booth-Clibborn, under the imprint of The Paragon Press (20)
Dimensions
each sheet 56.5cm x 76cm (22.25in x 30in), unframed
Provenance
William Hardie Gallery, Glasgow.
Footnote
This portfolio is from the extra edition of 15 printed for the publisher, artists and author.
The first published portfolio by Paragon Press, "The Scottish Bestiary is, undoubtedly, one of the most important print-making ventures to be undertaken in Scotland this century." Bill Hare, 1986.