London’s oldest art fair, the London Original Print Fair, celebrates its 40th anniversary this year. Devoted to prints, it features a range of great exhibitors covering Old Masters, modern, and contemporary art.
This year, the reinstatement of the Hallett Independent Acquisition Award – worth £8,000 – has enabled a regional UK museum the opportunity to acquire original prints at the fair for the nation’s enjoyment.
These are my highlights:
Massimo Danielis, Et in Arcadia Ego, 2016, etching with aquatint (Brook Street Gallery, E14)
Lill Tschudi, Ski-Joring, 1937/92, linocut (Gwen Hughes Fine Art, E13)
Nicolò Boldrini, Old Woman and a Child on Horseback, c.1566, woodcut (Elizabeth Harvey-Lee, E8)
Chen Yuping, A Beautiful Night, 1998, woodblock print with oil bound ink (The Muban Educational Trust, E4)
Edward Burra, Balcony, 1928, linocut, early hand-printed proof (Abbott and Holder, E1)
Charles Waltner, Lade Malgrave, after Thomas Gainsborough, 1886, etched and drypointed copper plate (Vistavka Fine Art, S10)
Damien Hirst, Hell, 2012, inkjet, glaze, and foilblock (Paul Stolper Gallery, S2)
Roger Hilton, Untitled (Nudes and Dog), 1945-49, etching, one of only two known proofs (Austin/Desmond Fine Art, W7)
Pablo Picasso, Portraits Imaginaires series, 1969-71, lithograph, French edition (Hommage, W9)
India Printmaker House (W13)
London Original Print Fair. The 40th Edition (20-23 March 2025) is at Somerset House, London, https://londonoriginalprintfair.com/
Nigel Ip 
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