Carruthers, Roy, Still Life Diptych

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Signed Roy Carruthers, Lithograph, Still Life Diptych

Carruthers Lithograph Signed, Still Life Diptych

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Artist:	Carruthers, Roy (1938 - )
Title:	Still Life Diptych
Medium:	Original Color Lithograph
Image Size:	59 in x 41.75 in (149.86 cm x 106.05 cm)
Sheet Size:	59 in x 41.75 in (149.86 cm x 106.05 cm)
Framed Size:	70 in x 50 in (177.8 cm x 127 cm)
Signed:	Hand-signed by Roy Carruthers (1938 - ) in pencil in the lower right
Edition:	The Editions Press Artist Proof, aside from the edition of 60
Condition:	This work is in excellent condition, a fine impression with bright colors and beautiful deckle edges on all sides.
Gallery Price: Item# 50	Sorry, this item is sold

Historical Description:
Catalogue Raisonné & COA: It is fully documented and referenced in the below catalogue raisonnés and texts (copies will be enclosed as added documentation with the invoices that will accompany the final sale of the work) : 1) A Masterworks Certificate of Authenticity will be included with the sale of this work. About the Framing: Conservation framed with archival materials and museum quality, this work is float mounted on archival cream linen in a dark cherry wood frame with a round beveled profile. The minimalist contemporary style of the framing compliments the bold lines and shapes in this work. The dark warm tone of the moulding enhances the contrasting tones in this piece. Completed with white, linen-wrapped mats and a matching inner fillet, this work is set behind an archival Plexiglas cover.
Style:	Realism, Contemporary

Historical Description:

Catalogue Raisonné & COA:
It is fully documented and referenced in the below catalogue raisonnés and texts (copies will be enclosed as added documentation with the invoices that will accompany the final sale of the work) :

1) A Masterworks Certificate of Authenticity will be included with the sale of this work.

About the Framing:
Conservation framed with archival materials and museum quality, this work is float mounted on archival cream linen in a dark cherry wood frame with a round beveled profile. The minimalist contemporary style of the framing compliments the bold lines and shapes in this work. The dark warm tone of the moulding enhances the contrasting tones in this piece. Completed with white, linen-wrapped mats and a matching inner fillet, this work is set behind an archival Plexiglas cover.

Style:

Realism, Contemporary

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Biography of Roy Carruthers

Born in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. Education: Technical Col of Art School, Port Elizabeth, South Africa, 1956. Teaching: School of Visual Arts, NY, 1975. Awards: Am Inst of Graphic Art, 1973; Gold Medal Soc of Illustrators, 1973. Collections: Ulrich Mus, Wichita State Univ, Wichita, KS; Weatherspoon Art Gallery, Univ of North Carolina, Greensboro, NC; Univ of Wyoming, Laramie, WY; Ponce Mus, Ponce, Puerto Rico. Printers: Editions Press, San Francisco, CA (EP)(OB)

This exhibition of recent paintings by Roy Carruthers is a celebration of sorts. It marks the artist's return to a career in painting after a 15-year absence. We gratefully welcome him back, especially since, on the threshold of the millennium, contemporary art stands at a crossroads. Most of the 1990's has witnessed an onslaught of pornographic, scatalogical and sacrilegious acts mounted as groundbreaking avant-garde art and vaunted seriously by its proponents in the art world. The public, however, is crying "enough!". At this writing, the media are widely reporting the retaliation of one citizen here who emptied a load of cow manure on the steps of the Tate Gallery in his tirade against not only the winner of this year's Turner Prize, an artist known to adorn his paintings with elephant dung from the London Zoo, but also the inclusion of pickled sheep and cows in the work of still another artist. Clearly, society needs to move beyond art works that stand only as hollow vehicles for shock value. We are yearning for art that can amuse, perplex and touch us deeply. So it is with excitement (and relief) that we encounter Carruthers's work. His remarkable reproportioning of human anatomy, ambiguous situations and gem-like color entreat us to enter a world where we will be richly rewarded.

PIERS JOHNSTON DIRECTOR, ALBERMARLE GALLERY LONDON, DECEMBER 1998