Gordon House Serigraph.

34 x 19 inches outside of frame.

Professionally framed original signed limited edition screenprint by Gordon House.

PROVENANCE:  FORMERLY IN THE COLLECTION OF A LARGE TEXAS BANK.

Hand signed in pencil.

Professionally framed.  There are minor marks on the frame and plexiglass as this is a vintage framed work of original art.

Greens and black and grey original modern art.

In pencil and signed by the artist: 8 /40 SERIES 8 VERTICAL TRI MOTIF A GORDON HOUSE 76/77

(76/77 is the date of creation)

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From obituary:

"A new generation of dealers quickly recognised the freshness of his designing. A simple, modular graphic layout and house style turned every gallery into an identifiable entity; an easy-to-read typeface made his graphics light in feel and popular with dealers, artists and public alike. He had the ability to inspire those for whom he worked. He became a part of the whole production of an exhibition. Galleries seemed to change and freshen up in response to his designs, and artists felt that their studio adventures were being extended by collaboration with him.

As the 1960s moved on, Gordon designed for the pop world. He worked for the Beatles, designing their White album and the back of the Sergeant Pepper album, for which his longtime friend Peter Blake designed the front. Later, he designed Wings' first album. He delighted in the creative energy of others, and so could respond to the talents of musicians and artists alike.

Gordon made paintings throughout his life as a designer. During the 1960s and 70s, his canvasses and prints reflected the dramatic tensions of his graphic design; by the 1980s, Wales had become his constant subject matter. The surface, texture and colour of his paintings softened. No doubt, he needed to pay homage to the places and the people who had shaped him, just as he always paid homage to the artists for whom he designed.

His canvasses reduced in size, becoming palm-of-the-hand landscapes. He spent much time in Wales and, in his final years, he used his brush to walk a path through memories of collieries, valleys, smoking stacks, rows of cottages and the people who had first nurtured him.

I do not remember Gordon ever discussing theories of either art or design. In graphic design, he saw "a cause", a way of building something better. In that respect, his graphics paid homage to his garden city. I can only imagine that his later paintings were made in homage to the human and environmental struggles of the country of his birth.

He is survived by his wife, and three of their four children, Joanne, Ceri and Joel.

· Gordon House, painter and graphic designer, born June 22 1932; died March 20 2004"