Stanley Anderson

Venus and Adonis

Stanley Anderson's original etching, "Venus and Adonis" was published in 1924 in a sole edition of fifty s in London by Colnaghi. This is signed in pen by Anderson along the lower right plate mark and titled and annotated, 'Edition 50 proofs'. The life of the downtrodden was a major theme in Stanley Anderson's art. "Venus and Adonis" is a superb example his work in this area. It is a fine, original example of the etched art created by the 20th century British artist, Alfred Charles Stanley Anderson.

Venus and Adonis

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Title:	Venus and Adonis
Artist:	Anderson, Alfred Charles Stanley 'Stanley Anderson' (Bristol, 1884 - London, 1966)
Date:	1924
Medium:	Original Etching
Publisher:	Colnaghi, London
Note:	Alfred Charles Stanley Anderson 'Stanley Anderson': An important early twentieth century British etcher and engraver, Stanley Anderson was the son of a working engraver who set him to a seven year appenticeship. In 1909 he was awarded a modest scholarship and studied under Frank Short at the Royal College of Art, London.
	Equally well respected for both his figure studies and architectural views, Stanley Anderson produced his first etching in 1908. During the following twenty years 160 of his etchings and drypoints were published, as well as a number of fine line engravings. Today, extensive collections of the graphic art of Stanley Anderson are housed at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, and at the British Museum and Victoria & Albert Museum, London. Stanley Anderson was a full member of the Royal Society of Painter-Etchers and Engravers.
	Venus and Adonis ranks among Anderson's finest works of etched art. In 1929 James Laver wrote; "Another etcher who is more interested in the people that move about among great buildings, than in the buildings themselves, is Stanley Anderson. His treatment of architecture is capable and conscientious, but he seems most at home when he is depicting street types with a touch of kindly satire, as in "Venus and Adonis", or with a sense of the perpetual tragedy of the very poor as in The Arches". * I would suggest that the figures in "Venus and Adonis" envelope both "kindly satire" and the "perpetual tragedy" of the homeless.
Reference:	* James Laver, "A History of British and American Etching", London, Ernest Benn Limited, 1929, Quotation on p. 101.
Raisonne:	Martin Hardie, "The Etchings and Engravings of Stanley Anderson", Print Collector's Quarterly 20 (1943), pp. 226 - 246. Catalogue: Hardie 106, Edition of 50 signed proofs.
Edition:	Annotated, Edition of fifty Proof s
	Matted with 100% Archival Materials
Size:	8 X 10 (Sizes in inches are approximate, height preceding width of plate-mark or image.)
Condition:	Printed on hand made, laid paper and with full margins as published in London in 1924. Signed in pen by Anderson along the lower right plate mark and titled and annotated, 'Edition 50 proofs' along the lower margin. A brilliant and in excellent condition throughout. "Venus and Adonis" represents a foremost, original example of the art of Stanley Anderson.
Subject:	Stanley Anderson, Alfred Charles Stanley Anderson, " Venus and Adonis" , original etching, early twentieth century British etchers, life of the downtrodden, tragedy of the homeless, street types, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, and at the British Museum and Victoria & Albert Museum, London, James Laver.
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