Robin Tanner. 1904-1988.
Christmas. 1929. Etching. Garton 9.II. 13 X 11 (sheet 19 3/8 X 16 7/8). Trial proof, previous to the edition of 50 from the Penn Print Room edition published in 1974 by McDonald & Nicholson. (Total edition of 100 lifetime proofs and 122 posthumous proofs published by Garton & Co. ) A rich, tonal impression printed in simili-japon paper with full margins. Signed and annotated 'trial proof' in pencil. Housed in an archival mat and a 21 1/4 x 18-inch period gold leaf frame. $6,000.
Garton writes, page 31: "Most of the studies for the print were made Castle Combe [Wiltshire] one moonlight night. In his autobiography, Tanner describes their midnight sortie. They worked surrounded by the snores of sleeping villagers, hearing every creak of their bedsprings, 'it was an eerie feeling, working through the small hours in that empty village where the moonlight lay in sheets of silver so bright and constant that we drew as easily as by the day.'"
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