Janet Boulton - Unoriginal Sins

18 Apr IAN HAMILTON FINLAY. COMMISSION IN THE GROUNDS OF THE SERPENTINE GALLERY. 1998.

Posted at 17:11h in Invitation Cards

London: Serpentine Gallery, 1998
21 x 14cm, 2pp. Invitation card for a major installation at the entrance to the Serpentine Gallery. The commission is a circular ground work at the entrance (as well as a garden installation on benches and tree plaques). The work is illustrated on the front. VG+.
JOINT:
London: Serpentine Gallery, 1998
30 x 21cm, 1pp. Letter from Julia Peyton-Jones addressed to Finlay's collaborator Janet Boulton inviting her to the celebration for the installation. VG+.

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01 Apr LEMON WITH ORANGES. 1998.

Posted at 17:41h in Artist's Postcards

Little Sparta: Wild Hawthorn Press, 1998
11 x 14cm, 2pp artist's card with a painting by Janet Boulton reproduced on the front. The title notes the similarities of a boat to a lemon (something often noted by Finlay) and the cargo here is a mass of oranges. VG+.

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15 Dec HIGHLIGHTS. A HOMAGE TO ANDRE DERAIN. 1997. ONE OF ONLY 250 COPIES

Posted at 14:26h in Artist's Books

Little Sparta: Wild Hawthorn Press, 1997
15.2 x 21.4cm, 48pp plus green card covers with tipped on title label. Artist's book with twelve b/w photographs by Robin Gillanders of trees in Little Sparta where Janet Boulton had painted "highlights" directly onto the branches and trunks and Gillanders photographed them on very dull days when there were no actual reflected highlights other than the paint. Each set of three images of each tree gets closer until the last close-up.
In this sense the work is similar to the Fauvist treatment of nature with colour and bright paint highlighting parts of nature - hence why this is a homage to Derrain who with Matisse founded the movement. One of only 250 copies. VG+.

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30 Oct THONIER. GICLE PRINT OF ORIGINAL PAINTING FOR FINLAY CARD. 1997.

Posted at 20:23h in Miscellany

N.p.: s.p. (Boulton), n.d.
28 x 21cm, full colour giclee print mounted on board of the original watercolour that Finlay commissioned from Boulton for his artist's card and print Thonier. Possibly used in an exhibition. VG+.

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20 Aug THONIER. 1997.

Posted at 09:19h in Artist's Postcards

Little Sparta: Wild Hawthorn Press, 1997
10.5 x 19.1cm, 2pp card with a reproduced painting by Janet Boulton of a long thorn branch. The title of the work is the name of a type of French fishing boat that strung long trails of hooks after them as a means of increasing the take of the trip, VG+.

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01 Mar SPARROW. 1996.

Posted at 15:00h in Artist's Postcards

Little Sparta: Wild Hawthorn Press, 1996
12.7 x 13.9cm, 1pp full colour reproduction of a painting of one of Finlay's toy boats by Janey Boulton. On the reverse is a Finlay "definition" poem -

SPARROW, n. a plain brown bird of the finch family.

The card is a visual poem with the painting having similar colourings to the bird and it seems likely that the model is also somewhat small. VG+.

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