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Staithes from Cowbar
Wood engraving English Boxwood 120 x 121 mm
75 + 7 artist;'s proofs
Zerkall smooth 140 gsm
£65.00
The picturesque sea-side village of Staithes, famous for it's artists colony of artists back at the start of the 19th Century. (*A list of some the members of this group below). The group disbanded as Members moved from the area, some of the artists joined The Fylingdales Group of Artists a new painting group started in 1925.I've always liked Staithes, it reminds me of childhood hoilidays running inbetween the houses playing hide and seek with local children.
The shape of the block being the outer edge pf the bracnch cut from a log of English boxwood felled in 1982 in the grounds of Harwood house in Leeds.