Norman Stevens
The Complete Prints
John Crossley & Michael Healey, 2023
Hardback 168 pages
Publisher: The Redfern Gallery
ISBN: 978-0-948460-83-8
Dimensions: 25.7 x 19.8 cm
Publisher: The Redfern Gallery
ISBN: 978-0-948460-83-8
Dimensions: 25.7 x 19.8 cm
£30.00
"A wonderful achievement ... outstanding in every way, worthy of its exceptional subject" - John McEwen
"Elegantly produced ... a fine tribute to an important printmaker" - Rosemary Simmons, Printmaking Today
"A handsome book ... particularly worthy of attention" - Andrew Lambirth, The London Magazine
"Outstanding ... well researched and beautifully illustrated" - Charlotte Maclean, Topiarius
This is the first major publication on Norman Stevens, whose prints have been the focus of solo exhibitions at the Arnolfini, Tate, Leeds Art Gallery and most recently, in 2014, the Royal Academy.
Stevens' first show at the Redfern was back in 1978, where he was described as "a master of the craft" by John McEwen. A year later, Stevens became the first artist to win multiple prizes at the British International Print Biennale, for his intricate, large-scale study of Stonehenge, "the most beautiful thing at Bradford", according to Edward Lucie-Smith. The Redfern staged a full-scale prints retrospective in 1980, at which William Feaver praised Stevens' "marvellous etching prowess", and William Packer declared him "one of the most distinguished printmakers of his generation". In 1983, Stevens was elected to the Royal Academy for his printmaking.
This catalogue raisonné has been co-authored by John Crossley, who, as co-founder of JC Editions with James Collyer, printed all of Stevens' intaglio prints from 1972 to 1984, and worked with many leading artists of the time, including Hockney, John Hoyland and Henry Moore. This comprehensive publication documents over one hundred prints, encompassing intaglio, lithography and screenprinting, made from 1964 to Stevens' untimely death in 1988. All have been newly photographed and are reproduced in colour, many for the first time.
Hardback
Norman Stevens: The Complete Prints
£ 30.00
