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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
Sarah Gillespie - MOTH ISBN 978-1-9163664-2-8 Mezzotints by Sarah Gillespie Introduced by Mark Cocker With a Poem by Alice Oswald Photographs: Kate Mount Illustrated. 63 pages. Postage: £5 (incl. in listed price)
2024 Mezzotint Print Size: 30 x 30 cm Paper Size: 40 x 40cm Edition 30 Printed on Moulin dú Gue
Mezzotint Printed on Arches Moulin du Gué Edition 20 Image Size: 20.5 x 20.5 cm Paper Size: 27 x 27 cm 2022
Medium: Mezzotint
Size: 46.50 x 46.50 cms (18.31 x 18.31 ins)
Edition of 20
Published 2021
Medium: Mezzotint Size: Paper 38 x 40cm Edition of 30 Published 2019
Medium: Mezzotint
Plate Size 16 x 16cm
Paper Size 21 x 21cm
Edition of 5
Published 2023
Printed on Aquari Handmade Paper
Medium: Mezzotint
Size: 61 x 91.50 cms (24.02 x 36.02 ins)
Edition of 20
Published 2021
2023
Photopolymer Gravure
Plate size 16 x 9cm, Paper size 25.5 x 18cm
Kozo paper
Edition 25
2024 Photopolymer Gravure with Chine Colle Plate size 47 x 35cm Paper size 65 x 47.5cm Kozo paper Edition 30
Medium: Mezzotint
Size: 50 x 50 cms (19.68 x 19.68 ins)
Paper Size: 57 x 57 cm
Edition of 20
Published 2020
Medium: Mezzotint. Printed on Arches Moulin de Gue Paper.
Size: 12.8 x 18 cms (5.04 x 7.09 ins)
Edition of 20
Published 2021
Mezzotint printed on Moulin dú Gue Paper 35 x 28cm, Plate 20 x 20cm Edition 30 Published 2023
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London Original Print Fair 2024
Featuring Amy Jane Blackhall, Ian Chamberlain RWA, Eileen Cooper RA, Paul Furneaux RSA, Sarah Gillespie RWA, Katherine Jones RA, Sara Lee, Molly Martin, Nana Shiomi & Emma Stibbon RA
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