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Charles Holroyd R.E.
Potternewton, Leeds 1861 – 1917 Weybridge
Five of the six etchings of the Icarus Series –
Daedalus and Icarus
Daedalus and Icarus
Dodgson 87 i/ii (Holroyd Opus 89)
201 x 150 mm
Original etching, 1894-95.
Signed in pencil.
First state, with Daedalus bearded and hooded.
Printed in black ink on cream watermarked paper.
For this, and the six other associated etchings: £1000
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Additional
Information about the Print
Exhibited at the R.E. 1895
The Icarus Series
Daedalus, father of Icarus, designed and built the Labyrinth on Crete, for King Minos to incarcerate the minotaur. Later, to ensure secrecy, Minos imprisoned Daedalus in a tower, where he made two sets of wings, for himself and Icarus, to escape.
Though Daedalus succeeded in escaping, Icarus flew too near to the sun, and the wax, holding together the feathers of his wings, melted and he fell into the sea.
Holroyd worked on the series of Icarus etchings from 1891 to 1902.
Exhibited here are five of the six etchings of the Icarus Series. Lacking is the first of the series - Daedalus (Dodgson 86) in which Daedalus sits high in the tower, pondering a pair of wings. The labyrinth is visible in the distant landscape.
Prints from the Icarus Series in this exhibition are:
Provenance: by descent from the artist to his widow Lady Holroyd; to their son Michael; to Michael’s godson. |
