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Bernard Leach (British, 1887-1979)


British potter, Bernard Leach. Leach trained in Japan where he met Shoji Hamada, together the pair revolutionised British ceramics founding the Leach pottery in St. Ives, Cornwall.


Bernard Leach. Coastal Landscape, Japan

Coastal Landscape, Japan
Etching on wove paper
signed and dated 1918 in the plate
20.5 x 30.5cm. (pl.); 28.5 x 39cm. (sheet).

£650
(framed)

This etching by the renowned potter Bernard Leach was printed by Janet Leach following her husband's death in an edition of around 25. This was the only edition. Bernard Leach studied etching at the London School of Art under Frank Brangwyn, and excelled in the medium, producing a series of fine etchings both in England and when he first arrived in Japan.


Bernard Leach. The Sea



The Sea
Etching on wove paper
numbered from the edition of 25 by Janet Leach (the potter's wife)
7 x 10cm (plate); 15 x 17cm (sheet).

£420
(framed)

This etching by the renowned potter Bernard Leach was printed by Janet Leach following her husband's death in an edition of around 25. This was the only edition.


Bernard Leach. Self Scrutiny


Self Scrutiny
Etching on wove paper
initialled, titled and dated 1916 in the plate
numbered from the edition of 25 by Janet Leach (the potter's wife)
15.5 x 9cm. (plate)

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This etching by the renowned potter Bernard Leach was printed by Janet Leach following her husband's death in an edition of 25.
A similar self-portait etching is in the National Portrait Gallery, London.

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