Edmund Blampied RBA, RE, (1886-1966)

Edmund Blampied RBA, RE, (1886-1966) "Flies" possibly unique first state Drypoint etching, signed in pencil lower left, signed in the plate lower centre, etched in 1913, 12.7 x 17.7cm. This is possibly a unique impression taken after Blampied had added intensity and bevelled the plate, losing the original signature lower left. He added the signature to the plate lower centre and signed this impression in pencil. The original etching "Flies" is Catalogue Raisonée Appleby & Arnold No.17. however it is not recorded in this altered state. Printed label on reverse states. "149 Flies (First State) Similar to C.D. No.17 probably only 1 impression, 1912, drypoint, signed on plate and in pencil. Inscribed '1st State, Property of S. Van Abbe'. No record of this etching exists in either Campbell Dodgson or subsequent catalogues. The etching is almost certainly the only one in existence. 126 x 177 Provenance: Ex Collection Solomon Van Abbe. Ex Collection Harold J. Baily." Purchased from Selective Eye Gallery, St Helier, Jersey for £1,500. Bears further typed label on reverse "It is believed that after this impression was taken Blampied added density to the work, bevelled the plate and re-signed it. Campbell Dodgson records Flies (No.17) as 'Signed in the Left Lower Corner' and measuring 4 7/8 x 6 1/4. In metric units this is 124mm x 159mm. This impression measures 127mm x 177mm and the signature is close to the Lower Centre. Bevelling of this plate would remove the signature."

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