SPORTING YACHT RACING PRINT - EARLY 20TH CENTURY BRITISH LITHOGRAPH

A FINELY EXECUTED COLOUR LITHOGRAPH DEPICTING A COMPETITIVE YACHT RACING SCENE, FEATURING A PROMINENT RACING YACHT WITH FULL SAIL CONFIGURATION IN THE FOREGROUND, ACCOMPANIED BY COMPETING VESSELS IN THE BACKGROUND. THE COMPOSITION CAPTURES THE DYNAMIC MOVEMENT OF COMPETITIVE SAILING WITH METICULOUS ATTENTION TO NAUTICAL DETAIL.

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS:
THE PRINT DEMONSTRATES SOPHISTICATED COLOUR LITHOGRAPHIC TECHNIQUE WITH CAREFUL REGISTRATION OF MULTIPLE COLOUR SEPARATIONS. THE ARTIST HAS EMPLOYED ATMOSPHERIC PERSPECTIVE TO CREATE DEPTH, WITH THE FOREGROUND YACHT RENDERED IN SHARP DETAIL WHILST BACKGROUND VESSELS RECEDE INTO A HAZY HORIZON. THE WATER IS DEPICTED WITH NATURALISTIC WAVE FORMATIONS RENDERED IN GRADUATED TONES OF TURQUOISE, GREEN AND WHITE, WHILST THE SKY TRANSITIONS FROM PALE BLUE TO WARMER TONES NEAR THE HORIZON.

IDENTIFICATION AND PROVENANCE:
THE PRINT BEARS AN EMBOSSED PUBLISHER'S MARK TO THE LOWER MARGIN, CONSISTENT WITH EARLY 20TH CENTURY BRITISH SPORTING PRINT PRODUCTION. HANDWRITTEN NOTATIONS VISIBLE ON THE MOUNT SUGGEST THIS WAS PART OF A CURATED COLLECTION. THE VESSEL MARKINGS VISIBLE ON THE SAILS INDICATE THIS MAY DEPICT AN ACTUAL RACING EVENT, THOUGH SPECIFIC IDENTIFICATION OF THE YACHT CLASS OR REGATTA IS NOT DEFINITIVELY ESTABLISHED FROM THE IMAGE ALONE.

CONDITION:
THE PRINT IS IN GOOD CONDITION FOR ITS AGE. THE LITHOGRAPHIC COLOURS REMAIN VIBRANT WITH NO SIGNIFICANT FADING. MINOR AGE-RELATED FOXING IS PRESENT TO THE MARGINS ONLY, NOT AFFECTING THE IMAGE ITSELF. THE PRINT IS PROFESSIONALLY MOUNTED ON ARCHIVAL BOARD. LIGHT CREASING TO ONE CORNER IS CONSISTENT WITH CAREFUL HANDLING AND STORAGE OVER MANY DECADES.

DIMENSIONS:
APPROXIMATE PRINT SIZE: 35 CM × 28 CM (IMAGE AREA)

THIS IS A QUALITY EXAMPLE OF EARLY 20TH CENTURY SPORTING ART, CAPTURING THE ELEGANCE AND COMPETITIVE SPIRIT OF YACHT RACING DURING THE GOLDEN AGE OF SAILING SPORT.

Condition: Good - Refer To Images

11649+68

Location of item: 60 Marple Avenue, Villawood, NSW, Australia

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