Newhaven Harbour Giclée print by Eric Ravilious

Ravilious produced Newhaven Harbour in 1937 for Contemporary Lithographs Ltd, a venture which enlisted many of the most talented artists of the 1920’s and ‘30’s (see Artists: Piper; Bawden; Ardizzone; John and Paul Nash). They produced auto-lithographs – lithographs on which the artists themselves worked (rather than simply the printer). These works were disseminated widely, often to schools. The idea was to bring artistic excellence to those who neither owned, nor had easy access to art through public galleries.

Ravilious called Newhaven Habour his ‘homage to Seurat’. Seurat (1859-91) developed the pointillist technique. He applied tiny dots of pure pigment, finding that this produced luminosity and brightness of colour in his paintings. As homage the work is certainly effective. Newhaven Harbour is one of Ravilious’s best loved works.

This print is authorised for publication by the artist's Estate and has a seal of authenticity embossed onto the white paper margin. It is from a limited edition of 950 and is hand-numbered and hand-embossed. This print has a typed caption running along its paper border. The caption indicates permission and authorisation from the artist's Estate, and from the museum or gallery holding the work. The caption will be concealed by a mount when the print is framed.

Dispatch time: 5 working days for unframed prints. 14 working days for framed prints.

Materials used:

Giclée Print on 310gsm thick, 100% cotton rag.

Details:

• Giclée print on Paper
• From a limited edition of 950
• Size: 70 x 56cm (unframed)
• Unsigned
• Style: Illustrative
• Subject: Architecture and cityscapes