Sir David Muirhead Bone

The Indian Theatre (Glasgow International Exhibition)

Sir David Muirhead Bone's "The Indian Theatre" is a superb, example of the views of some of the principal pavilions, theaters and gardens displayed at the 1901 Glasgow International Exhibition. While the Exhibition was still in progress the British publisher, Annan, commissioned The Glasgow artist, David Muirhead Bone, to create a series of ten etchings to commemorate the event. This original etching and drypoint is printed with sepia ink upon hand-made, laid paper with the 'Van Gelder Zonin' watermark and full margins as published by T & R Annan & Sons, Glasgow for the Glasgow Exhibition Set in 1901.

The Indian Theatre (Glasgow International Exhibition)

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Sir David Muirhead Bone (Glasgow, 1876 - Oxford, 1953)
#	Image	Title & Artist	Medium	Date	Notes	-
01-		Ireland and Russia Pavilions: Glasgow International Exhibition by Sir David Muirhead Bone	Original Etching & Drypoint	1901	Limited edition of ninety impressions. Signed in the plate by Sir David Muirhead Bone as published by T & R Annan & Sons, Glasgow for the Glasgow Exhibition Set.	Sold
02.-		The Industrial Hall: Glasgow International Exhibition by Sir David Muirhead Bone	Original Etching & Drypoint	1901	Limited edition of ninety impressions. Signed in the plate by Sir David Muirhead Bone as published by T & R Annan & Sons, Glasgow for the Glasgow Exhibition Set.	Sold
03.-		The Indian Theatre: Glasgow International Exhibition by Sir David Muirhead Bone	Original Etching & Drypoint	1901	Limited edition of ninety impressions. Signed in the plate by Sir David Muirhead Bone as published by T & R Annan & Sons, Glasgow for the Glasgow Exhibition Set.	Sold

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Title:	The Indian Theatre (Glasgow International Exhibition)
Artist:	Bone, Sir David Muirhead (Glasgow, 1876 - Oxford, 1953)
Date:	1901
Medium:	Original Etching & Drypoint
Publisher	T & R Annan & Sons, Glasgow
Source:	Glasgow Exhibition Set
Note:	"The fame of Muirhead Bone is more international than that of any British etcher except Whistler." *
	Sir David Muirhead Bone: One of eight children, Sir David Muirhead Bone was born and raised in a Glasgow suburb. First trained in the profession of architect, Bone's early aptitude for art quickly rose to the fore. Although he attended some classes at the Glasgow School of Art, Muirhead Bone was almost entirely self-taught. His first etchings and drypoints date from 1898 and were mostly experimental in nature. Within just two years, however, he had established himself as a premier British etcher. One writer relates, "Many of David Muirhead Bone's finest works belong to his first ten years ... In the art of drypoint, Bone did not, from his first attempts, take long to achieve a mastery which it was well-nigh impossible to improve upon, certainly not as a technical process." *
	The year 1901 marks a pivotal point in the art of David Muirhead Bone. It was in this year that he moved to London and had his first one man exhibition at the Carfax Gallery. It was also in 1901 that his set of ten etchings (of which this is one) of the Glasgow Exhibition were published by Annan in a sole, limited edition of ninety impressions. These beautiful etchings, each strengthened by the artist with extensive drypoint, clearly show David Muirhead Bone's brilliant analysis of structure and solidity -- concerns which would have such a large influence upon the shaping of twentieth century British art. Within the areas of form, line and perspective these etchings are simply superb masterworks from one of Britain's greatest twentieth century artists.
	A word should be said concerning the scarcity of most David Muirhead Bone etchings and drypoints, including this original example entitled, "The Indian Theatre" from the "Glasgow International Exhibition" set. Muirhead Bone was a purist who would not steel-face his plates for printing large editions. Because most of his intaglio prints contain considerable drypointing (which wears very quickly under the pressure of printing) few of his prints exist in editions of over one hundred. Thus the majority of David Muirhead Bone's etchings and drypoints are very difficult to acquire.
	The Glasgow Exhibition Set: Glasgow's ambitious International Exhibition of 1901 ran for six months and drew over eleven and a half million visitors to the event. Major attractions included elaborate exhibition halls, gardens from around the world, tea and coffee houses and fanciful pavilions from many countries and continents. A new civic art gallery was also built for the exhibition.
	While the Exhibition was still in progress the British publisher, Annan, commissioned Scotland's most promising young artist, David Muirhead Bone, to create a series of ten etchings to commemorate the event. For his ten etchings and drypoints Bone chose to depict views of the Main Gate to the exhibition, the newly built Art Gallery, as well as views of some of the principal pavilions, theaters and gardens. Each etching was signed in the plate by David Muirhead Bone and printed on large sheets of laid, 'Van Gelder Zonin' paper in a limited edition of ninety impressions.
Reference:	* Kenneth M. Guichard, British Etchers: 1850-1940, London, Robin Garton Books, 1981, pp. 27 & 28.
Raisonne:	Campbell Dodgson, Etchings and Drypoints by Muirhead Bone 1898 - 1907, London, 1909.
	Catalogue # 105, First and only State, as published in 1901 in the limited edition of ninety impressions.
Size:	5 5/8 X 6 7/8 (Sizes in inches are approximate, height preceding width of plate-mark or image.)
	Matted with 100% Archival Materials
Condition:	Printed upon hand-made, laid paper with the ‘Van Gelder Zonin’ watermark and with large, full margins as published by T & R Annan & Sons, Glasgow for the Glasgow Exhibition Set in the limited edition of ninety impressions in 1901. Signed in the plate, as always. Containing slight toning in the paper along the right and lower margins (but not intruding into the actual etching) else a beautiful, early impression with full drypointing and in excellent condition throughout. This original etching and drypoint engraving entitled, The Indian Theatre (Glasgow International Exhibition) represents a superb and scarce example of the famous art of Sir David Muirhead Bone.
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