Chris Allan painter and printmaker
Prints
As a curator I have been responsible for the care and display of masterpieces of printmaking by Dürer, Rembrandt, Picasso and many others. However, my practical experience was rudimentary before joining Glasgow Print Studio in the 1990s, where I gained an introduction to screenprinting, etching and aquatint. Currently, I favour drypoint, the most direct method there is, drawing with a diamond point into polished copper. Direct, but so fragile that I count myself lucky to pull 20 good impressions before the pressure of printing begins to degrade the image. So, if they are ever valued at all, it will be for their rarity!
2000/2008. Etching, aquatint and drypoint on steel, 10 x 14 3/4ins (25.4 x 37.5cm). Hahnemuhle natural 300gsm. Ed: 15, £250.
2000. Etching with aquatint on steel, hand-coloured, 7 x 22 5/8ins (17.8 x 57.5cm). Arches 300gsm. Ed: 20, £600, to order.
1999-2000. Soft-ground etching with aquatint on steel, 7 x 22 5/8ins (17.8 x 57.5cm). Hahnemuhle natural 300gsm. Ed: 25, sold out.
2001. Etching and aquatint on steel, 11 7/8 x 17 1/8ins (32 x 43.5cm). Hahnemuhle natural 300gsm. Ed: 30, £350.
2008. Drypoint on copper, 7 x 11ins (17.8 x 28cm). Hahnemuhle natural 300gsm. Ed: 12, £250.
2008. Colour drypoint and aquatint from 2 copper plates, 9 3/8 x 12 7/8ins (24 x 32.7cm). Somerset satin white 300gsm. Ed: 10, £250.
2009. Drypoint on copper, 9 3/8 x 12 7/8ins (24 x 32.7cm). Hahnemuhle natural 300gsm. Ed: 12, £250.
2009. Etching and drypoint on copper, 7 9/16 x 13 13/16ins (19.2 x 35.1cm). Hahnemuhle natural 300gsm. Ed: 12, £250.
1999/2008. Etching and aquatint on steel, 9.25 x 4.75 ins (23.5 x 12cm). Somerset velvet buff 280gsm. Ed: 17, £150.
2010. Drypoint and aquatint on copper, 11 x 5 3/4ins (28 x 14.5cm). Hahnemuhle natural 300gsm. Ed: 10, £200.
2011. Drypoint and aquatint on copper, 11 x 5.75 ins (28 x 14.5 cm). Hahnemuhle natural 300gsm. Ed: 12, £250.
2010. Etching and aquatint on steel, 13 3/4 x 23 3/8ins (33.6 x 59.4cm). Hahnemuhle natural 300gsm. Ed: 20, £350.
2011. Etching, drypoint and watercolour, 13 x 20ins (33 x 50.8cm). Somerset satin white 300gsm. Ed: 5, £300 to order.
2010. Etching and drypoint on copper, 13 x 20ins (33 x 50.8cm). Hahnemuhle natural 300gsm. Ed: 5, £200.
2011. Etching, drypoint and watercolour, 13 x 20ins (33 x 50.8cm). Somerset satin white 300gsm. Ed: 5, £500 to order.
2011. Etching and drypoint on copper, 13 x 20ins (33 x 50.8cm). Hahnemuhle natural 300gsm. Ed: 5, £300.
2011. Etching, aquatint and drypoint on copper, 13 x 20ins (33 x 50.8cm). Hahnemuhle natural 300gsm. Ed: 10, £400.
2012-13. Drypoint with open bite on a steel and a copper plate, 13 x 21 ins (33 x 53.4 cm). Hahnemuhle natural 300gsm. Ed: 10, £300.
2014-15. Drypoint with open bite on a steel and a copper plate, 13 x 21 ins (33 x 53.4 cm). Hahnemuhle natural 300gsm. Ed: 3, £300.
2015-16. Drypoint with open bite on a steel and a copper plate, 13 x 21 ins (33 x 53.4 cm). Hahnemuhle natural 300gsm. Ed: 12, £400.
2014. Drypoint on copper, 21 x 10.5ins (53.4 x 26.6cm). Somerset satin white 300gsm. Ed: 10, £750, to order.
2013. Drypoint on copper, 21 x 10.5ins (53.4 x 26.6cm). Hahnemuhle natural 300gsm. Ed: 12, £600.
2015. Drypoint on copper, 21 x 10.5ins (53.4 x 26.6cm). Somerset and Arches 300 gsm. Ed: 12, £750, to order.
2018. Drypoint on copper, 21 x10 1/2 ins (53.4 x 26.6 cm). Hahnemuhle Natural 300gsm. Ed: 12. £600
2017. Drypoint on copper, 21 x 10.5ins (53.4 x 26.6 cm). Somerset and Arches 300 gsm. Ed: 12, £750, to order. [Full title: Flower of Scotland, Goldfinches on Spearthistle]
2019-20. Drypoint on copper. 21 x10 1/2 ins (53.4 x cm). Ed: 12 on Hahnemuhle Natural 300 gsm. £600 [Full title - Flower of Scotland, Goldfinches on Spearthistle: State II]
2017. Drypoint on copper, 21 x 10.5ins (53.4 x 26.6 cm). Somerset and Arches 300 gsm. Ed: 15, £750, to order.
2019. Drypoint on copper. 21 x10 1/2 ins (53.4 x 26.6 cm). Ed:12 on Hahnemuhle Natural 300 gsm. £600
2019. Drypoint on copper, hand coloured. 21 x10 1/2 ins (53.4 x 26.6 cm). Ed:12 on Somerset Satin White . 300 gsm. £750
2019-21. Drypoint on copper. 21 x10 1/2 ins (53.4 x 26.6 cm). Ed:12 on Hahnemuhle Natural 300 gsm. £600
2020-21. Drypoint on copper, printed in five colours plus hand colouring. Two plates 21 x10 1/2 ins (53.4 x 26.6 cm). Ed:10 on Arches Blanc 300 gsm. £750
2021. Drypoint and aquatint, printed in three colours plus hand colouring. Two plates, 21 x1 1/2 ins (53.4 x 26.6 cm). Hahnemuhle White 300 gsm. Ed:10. £750
©Chris Allan