Scarce as a complete set

Richards, Frances ~ A Complete Set (4 Vols.) Of The Series ‘Poems With Drawings’ : All Signed And Hand Coloured By The Artist Frances Richards

Skelton's Press / Enitharmon, London : 1981-1984

A Complete Set (4 Vols.) of the series 'Poems With Drawings' which include : Vol. 1) 'Poems of Experience' printed for the author and the Enitharmon Press by Skelton's Press in 1981 in an edition of 75 copies. This being 'number 64' and is 'hand coloured by the artist Frances Richards, December 1981'. Vol. 2) 'Some Poems With Drawings' printed for the author and the Enitharmon Press by Skelton's Press in 1982 in an edition of 80 copies. This being 'author's copy' and is 'hand coloured by the artist Frances Richards'. Inscribed 'To Joyce' with love from Frances 1982' to the verso of the limitation page. Vol. 3) 'Some Poems With Drawings 1983' printed for the author and the Enitharmon Press by Skelton's Press in 1983 in an edition of 75 copies. This being 'number 18' and is 'hand coloured by the artist Frances Richards'. Inscribed 'For Joyce' with love and best wishes from Frances 1982' to the verso of the title page. Vol. 4) 'More Poems With Drawings 1984' printed for the author and the Enitharmon Press by Skelton's Press in 1984 in an edition of 75 copies. This being the 'author's copy' and is 'hand coloured by the artist Frances Richards'. Inscribed 'For Joyce' with love and best wishes from Frances 1982' to the verso of the title page. Each Booklet has stiff card covers, lettered black on the front cover with floral colour illustration. Each copy Illustrated throughout, with plates uniquely hand-coloured by the author. All copies are in near Fine condition. Frances Richards, wife of the artist Ceri Richards was in her own right a distinguished painter, graphic artist, draftswoman and illustrator and is represented at the Tate Gallery, London. She initially attended the Burslem School of Art 1920-1924, and later became a pottery designer at the Paragon China Company. From 1928-1939 Richards worked as a teacher in the textile department at the Camberwell School of Art and throughout her life she experimented with embroidery amongst many other mediums. Mel Gooding wrote that her work though appears to have been little influenced by her husband's painting - 'for over fifty years her own quiet and formalised figurative art was unaffected by her daily closeness to the extravagant and sometimes violent drama of (Ceri) Richards' paintings'. A scarce and collectible complete set being all hand coloured by the artist.

BINDING: Wraps
CONDITION: Near Fine