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Hannah Swain Gilding The Lily, 1998
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The work is titled and signed by the artist in the lower margin as “Gilding The Lily” and “Hannah Swain” with the edition number “98/100”.
Sizes:
Frame: 55 × 45 cm | 21.7 × 17.7 in
Artwork: 47 × 37.5 cm | 18.5 × 14.8 in
This whimsical and vibrant limited edition lithograph by Hannah Swain, titled “Gilding The Lily,” showcases a fantastical scene filled with rich, imaginative details. The composition features a central, tiered arrangement of figures—including a mermaid, a bear, a jester, and winged cherubs—all balanced atop a striped zebra, set beneath a celestial arch featuring a sun and a moon.
The work is executed with intricate line work and a bright, saturated color palette that brings a sense of wonder and narrative playfulness to the piece. As a limited edition print (98/100), this lithograph stands as a charming example of contemporary printmaking, offering both technical detail and a distinct, imaginative aesthetic.
Provenance
Private collection.
Condition Report
The item is in good condition, presented in a decorative purple-toned frame and protected under glass. The paper backing on the frame exhibits significant wear and partial tearing.
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Hannah Swain
Hannah Swain is a British artist based in north London. The daughter and granddaughter of artists, she grew up watching her father at work in his studio and drew her first angel at the age of five; angels have remained the heart of her work ever since, drawn from imagination rather than from models.
She works in drawing, painting and printmaking. Her limited-edition lithographs and hand-coloured etchings of the 1990s, among them ‘Gilding The Lily’ (1998), stage processions of mermaids, jesters, cherubs and striped and spotted animals under suns and moons, in dense line and saturated colour. Her drawings were shown in ‘The Inner Self: Drawings from the Subconscious’ at CGP London in 2014, and her work is championed by the charity Outside In.
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