The London original print fair

Apollo, April, 2004

THE 19th LONDON ORIGINAL PRINT FAIR 22nd-25th April Royal Academy of Arts, Burlington Gardens, London

This important fair in the print collector's calendar will take place this year in the RA's new exhibition space in Burlington Gardens, providing the fair with an increased display area. With almost the same line up of dealers as last year, the large and high quality range of prints has been maintained from Old Masters to Contemporary. The Loan Exhibition for 2004 is a superb collection of some of the earliest engravings of western art, dating from the late fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries. The collection comes from the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, the oldest museum in Britain. It has been selected to highlight just one aspect of the Ashmolean's rich collection of prints, which has recently been augmented by a collection of contemporary prims by artists from German-speaking countries.

Illustrated below are a few exhibits with descriptions supplied by the dealers.

Craigie Aitchison Stable and Donkey, 2003 Screenprint. Edition size 75. Paper size 16 x 13 cm Advanced Graphics London

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Ana Maria Pacheco. Armadillo, 2004 from A Modern Bestiary, an artist book with twenty original screenprints and forty poems by George Szirtes; printed in an edition of 55. Also printed in a separate edition of 25; image size 24 cm x 19.5 cm. Pratt Contemporary Art, Ightham, Kent

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Sir Gregory Gigg. Mezzotint with engraving. Designed by H.W. Bunbury Esq. Published July 23rd 1782 by J.R. Smith N 83 Oxford Street London Image 28.3 x 24.9 cm. BM Satires 6146. Sanders of Oxford

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Paula Rego. In the Comfort of the Bonnet, 2002. Lithograph edition of 35. Image 89.5 x 65.5 cm. Marlborough Graphics, London

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Rembrandt. The Triumph of Mordecai. Etching with drypoint, circa 1641. Elizabeth Harvey-Lee, North Aston, Oxfordshire

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Paul Gauguin (1848-1903). Manao Tupapau. Elle Pense au Revenant--L'Esprit des Morts Veille. Original lithograph in black ink. March 1894. Signed in full Image 18 x 27.1 cm. William Weston Gallery, London

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Cyril Edward Power (1872-1951) The Sunshine Roof c.1934 Linocut, 26 x 33 cm Redfern Gallery, London

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Marcus Rees Roberts. The Fountain of Tears Digital Artist's Book. 29.7 cm x 21.2 cm; 20 pages, inc. 4-page pull-out. Printed in an edition of 100 This book is a meditation on the death of Federico Garcia Lorca. Pratt Contemporary Art, Ightham, Kent

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PRATT CONTEMPORARY ART

THE LONDON ORIGINAL PRINT FAIR at the ROYAL ACADEMY OF ARTS 22 - 25 April 2004

STAND 9 New Editions and Artists' Books

Eagle (2004) From A Modern Bestiary, an artist book with twenty original screenprints by Ana Maria Pacheco and forty poems by George Szirtes. Edition size 55. Image size 24 cm x 19.5 cm. Each print is also available individually printed in a separate edition of 25

A Modern Bestiary is included in an exhibition at Brighton Museum & Art Gallery (1 May - 3 October) Ana Maria Pacheco: Sculpture & Works on Paper

Catalogues available by mail order

PRATT CONTEMPORARY ART/PRATT EDITIONS The Gallery, Ightham, Sevenoaks, Kent TN15 9HH Tel 44 (0)1732-882326 Fax 44 (0)1732-885502 e-mail pca@prattcontemporaryart.co.uk website www.prattcontemporaryart.co.uk

Gallery open by appointment:

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THE 6th MILAN INTERNATIONAL FINE ART & ANTIQUES SHOW

Palazzo della Societa per le Belle Arti ed Esposizione Permanente, Via Turati Saturday 17th-Sunday 25th April

Prestigious dealers and galleries from all over the world take part in MIFAS. The list for this year's fair includes new exhibitors - such as Patrick Perrin and Jacques Leegenhoek from Paris, Richard Nagy from London, Di Castro and Lampronti from Rome - as well as the return of Cesati from Milan. All this, nevertheless, keeps faith with the strict imperative of closed numbers - never more than 50 exhibitors - and alterations designed to ensure improvement.

THE INTERNATIONAL FINE ART FAIR, NEW YORK

The Seventh Regiment Armory, Park Avenue at 67th St. New York City 7-12 May 2004

An outstanding roster of some of time world's most eminent art dealers includes 60 top American and European art specialists who join together to present Old and Modern Masters, from early Renaissance gold ground panel paintings through Italian, Dutch and French Old Masters, to works of Modern Masters. On view and for sale is a concentration of many of the finest paintings. The Loan Exhibition features "Figures by Women Artists", selections of pictures from the New Britain Museum of American Art, Connecticut.

Illustrated below are a few exhibits from these two fairs with descriptions supplied by time organisers.

Lorenzo di Credi (Florence c. 1457 - 1536) Adoration of the Child, c. 1490. Mixed media on panel, medallion, dm. 75 cm. Carlo Orsi, Milan (Milan Fair)

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Roman Bust of Caracalla, 212 - 217 AD. White fine crystalled marble from Greece or from Asia Minor, ht. 51 cm. Chaucer Fine Art, London (Milan Fair)