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Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Patrick Procktor, VICTORIA FALLS, 1974

Patrick Procktor

VICTORIA FALLS, 1974
Aquatint, artist proof, aside from the edition of 50
Image H. 14 cm x W. 22 cm
Framed H. 32 cm x W. 41 cm x D. 2.5 cm
Signed in pencil lower right 'Patrick Procktor' and inscribed AP lower left
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The present work belongs to Procktor's South African series of 6 prints. He travelled to the country in 1974, taking with him a set of small copper plates at the...
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The present work belongs to Procktor's South African series of 6 prints. He travelled to the country in 1974, taking with him a set of small copper plates at the behest of Editions Alecto. He set sail on the Liner SS Oranje with his wife Kirsten, and baby son Nicholas. They began by staying at a flat near the coast, and then travelled to Stellenbosch, Johannesburg with trip to Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe and back to Johannesburg. 

Procktor recalls in his autobiography, 'it was the most vivid experience of natural beauty. The fine white spray rises to a height of five hundred feet, and spreads for miles; with it the lushest vegetation and wherever you turn, rainbows. I painted there and made etchings of the falls on returning.' (Patrick Procktor, Self-Portrait, Weidenfeld and Nicolson, London, 1991, p.167)

Another from the edition is held in the Tate Collection. 
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Exhibitions

London, The Redfern Gallery, Patrick Procktor: New Paintings, Watercolours and Etchings, 1 - 24 October 1974, no. 78;
Sheffield, Mappin Art Gallery, Watercolours, Drawings, Prints and Oils by Patrick Procktor, 9 - 31 August 1975, no. 18;
Wiltshire, Salisbury Playhouse, Patrick Procktor, 1979, no. 3;
Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery, Patrick Procktor, Prints 1959 - 1985, 8 June - 21 July 1985, no.50, with tour to The Hob Warehouse (Guinness Museum), Dublin, The DLI Museum and Arts Centre, Durham, Southampton Art Gallery and The Redfern Gallery

Literature

Patrick Procktor, 'Self-Portrait', Weidenfeld and Nicolson, London, 1991, p.167
Patrick Procktor, Prints 1959 - 1985, (exh. cat.), published by The Redfern Gallery and Editions Alecto Limited, 1985, p.90 (illustrated)
Ian Massey, 'Patrick Procktor: Art and Life', Unicorn Press, 2010, illustrated p.142

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