Beryl Cook

BIRD IN HAND Signed Lithograph, Comical Landscape, Couple Walking, British Humor

1982

TAXI is a hand drawn limited edition lithograph by the well known and loved British artist and humorist, Beryl Cook(1926-2008). Printed using hand lithography techniques on archival Arches paper, 100% acid free. TAXI presents a satirical city street scene depicting a male businessman dressed in a beige pin stripe suit assisting a vivacious, curvy, curly haired "lady in red" into an iconic London "Black" cab. TAXI's amusing scene takes place in front of an intriguing backdrop of building construction complete with rubble and beams, where a nonchalant construction worker stands whistling by his steam shovel in the background as the spectacle unfolds. Seeing the facial expressions portrayed on the faces of fellow passengers and cab driver add to the viewer's amusement in this quintessential Beryl Cook image. Print size - 34 x 27 inches, unframed, unsigned Printers Proof from the master printer's private collection Image size - 25" x 19" Edition size - 300, plus proofs Year published - 1990, printed at J K Fine Art Editions Co. NYC Publisher - Flanagan Graphics Beryl Cook's unique artistic humor documented familiar social situations...

TWINS is a hand drawn, limited edition color lithograph by the well known and loved British artist and humorist, Beryl Cook(1926-2008). TWINS was printed using traditional hand litho...

PANTO DAME is a hand drawn, limited edition lithograph created in 1987 by the well known and loved British artist and humorist, Beryl Cook(1926-2008). PANTO DAME hand proofed and printed in bright vivid colors of blue, green, yellow, red, brown, black inks on archival Arches paper, 100% acid free. In this amusing depiction, PANTO DAME presents a lighthearted, comical theatric scene of a woman dancing before a laughing audience totally entertained by her bawdy performance. PANTO DAME thrills the theater crowd as she flashes her patriotic red, white, and blue British Union Jack bloomers worn beneath her ruffled, intense blue dress accentuated with green and black striped tights and pointy red boots...

PUBLIC OUTCRY is an original hand drawn limited edition lithograph by the British artist, Michael Hasted printed using hand lithography on archival Somerset paper, 100% acid free. PUBLIC OUTCRY is a surrealist portrait composition portraying a semi interior scene showing a man in brown trousers standing positioned on stage-like black and white checkered tile...

Printer's Proof /2 Beryl Cook's appeal was classless and she rapidly became Britain’s most popular artist. She was a ‘heart and soul’ painter, compelled to paint with a passion. H...

The Couple is a beautiful colored lithograph realized by Stefania Guidi in 1993. Hand-signed in pencil on the lower right margin. Dated on the lower right. Numbered on the lower left. Edition of 150. Very Good conditions. Stefania Guid i (Rome, 1929) belongs to the Marche family of the Marquises Guidi Giovanissima. In 1958, she had her first personal exhibition of sculptures and drawings at the Giosi gallery in Via del Babbuino in Rome. She married the musician and composer Michele Paradiso on 1 July 1978 in Campidoglio. From 1956 to 2014, the work of Stefania Guidi was expressed in various techniques and materials with great craftsmanship. She made 192 etchings on copper and zinc; 40 lithographs on stone...

Printer's Proof /5 Beryl Cook's appeal was classless and she rapidly became Britain’s most popular artist. She was a ‘heart and soul’ painter, compelled to paint with a passion. Her...

Printer's Proof /5 Her appeal was classless and she rapidly became Britain’s most popular artist. She was a ‘heart and soul’ painter, compelled to paint with a passion. Her paintin...