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Sarah Gillespie & Amy-Jane Blackhall – National Portrait Gallery Acquisition
Sarah Gillespie – Mezzotint of an Eye. Mezzotint, 2022, 15.7 cm x 20.7 cm. Gifted 2023
Sarah Gillespie & Amy-Jane Blackhall
Enter the National Portrait Gallery – Permanent Collection
Artists Sarah Gillespie, Amy-Jane Blackhall, Tristan Reid and Paul Kirkup were commissioned by Paul Cox, curator of the Reference Collection at the National Portrait Gallery, to contribute works on the theme of the ‘Process’.
Their contributions, (including Mezzontint of an Eye by Sarah Gillespie, pictured) have been acquired for the Permanent Collection of the National Portrait Gallery. They are currently on permanent display in Gallery 11 of the National Portrait Gallery and online as part of the National Portrait Gallery’s educational programme.
In a lovely addition to this story, the contributors, printmakers Amy-Jane Blackhall and Paul Kirkup both worked as printmakers at 107 Workshop, Melksham, with the late master printer Jack Shirreff.
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Sarah Gillespie will present a new exhibition with Rabley Gallery from June 1st, 2024.
View available works by Sarah Gillespie
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Amy-Jane Blackhall is one of Rabley Gallery’s feature artists at the upcoming Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair.
Detail of Sarah Gillespie’s original copper Mezzotint plate and tools for her recent commission for the National Portrait Gallery.
Opening Night of Making an Impression: Prints in Room 11, National Portrait Gallery. Featuring Sarah Gillespie, Amy-Jane Blackhall, Paul Kirkup & Tristan Reid.
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“The new galleries are stunning and it is a great honour to have been able to help them in this way.” – Sarah Gillespie
Medium: Mezzotint
Size: 50.5 x 50.5 cms (19.88 x 19.88 ins)
Edition of 30
Published 2021
Medium: Mezzotint
Size: Paper 19.5 x 24cm
Edition of 20
Published 2020
Medium: Mezzotint
Size: 50 x 50 cms (19.68 x 19.68 ins)
Paper Size: 57 x 57 cms
Edition of 20
Published 2019
A Thousand Goodbyes, 2024
Mezzotint
60 x 91 cms (23.62 x 35.83 ins)
Printed on Arches Moulin du Gue
Medium: Mezzotint
Size: 17.50 x 12.50 cms
Edition of 20
Published 2020
Medium: Mezzotint
Paper size 44 x 44cm
Printed to the edge on Arches Moulin du Gue paper
Edition 20
Published 2023
Medium: Mezzotint Plate Size: 60 x 75cm, Paper Size: 67 x 82cm Edition of 10 Published 2023 Printed on Arches Moulin du Gue
Mezzotint
Paper size 43 x 43cm
Printed to the edge on Arches Moulin du Gue paper
Edition 20
Published 2023
Medium: Mezzotint Printed bleed edged on Arches Moulin du Gué. Size: 49.5 x 74 cm Edition 30 2022
(2025) Polymer gravure with woodblock, Printed on 300gsm Somerset Satin White, Paper 38 x 28cm, Plate 23.8 x 13.8cm, Edition 30, 3 APs, PP, HC
2024 Mezzotint Size: 43 x 43 cm Edition 30 Printed on Moulin dú Gue
Medium: Mezzotint
Plate Size 16 x 16cm
Paper Size 21 x 21cm
Edition of 5
Published 2023
Printed on Aquari Handmade Paper
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