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William Tillyer Art

British, b. 1938
William Tillyer is a celebrated British painter and watercolourist, whose work has been shown frequently in London and New York since the 1970s. Tillyer was born in Middlesbrough, and studied painting at Middlesbrough College of Art. He then went on to study at the Slade in London. He began to make radically experimental work which raised questions about the relationship of art to the world, and of man to nature. The 1970s saw Tillyer return to printmaking with renewed vigour, using a variety of techniques from etching to five-tone screenprinting, to create lattices that Pat Gilmour, Head of the Print Department at Tate, described as "a cool and unpeopled world...in which to reflect the surrounding flux of nature." He has been invited to work internationally, including Cadiz, Spain; Tobago, Republic of Trinidad and Tobago; Cill Rialaig Project, Co. Kerry, Ireland; Melbourne, Australia, and was a visiting professor at Brown University, USA; Bath Academy of Art; and the Chelsea School of Art. Tillyer has exhibited internationally, and his work can be found in the collections of major institutions including the Arts Council of Great Britain; the Brooklyn Art Museum, New York; Fort Worth Art Museum, Texas; Middlesbrough Art Gallery; MOMA, New York; The Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth; Tate Gallery, London; and the Victoria & Albert Museum.
(Biography provided by Bernard Jacobson Gallery)
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Artist: William Tillyer
The Mulgrave Suite
By William Tillyer
Located in London, GB
William Tillyer The Mulgrave Suite 2023 Etching, aquatint and embossing with hand colouring in watercolour on paper, Edition of 35, Set of 7 Image size: 40 x 40 cms (15 3/4 x 15 3/4...
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2010s Contemporary William Tillyer Art

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

The Mulgrave Suite
By William Tillyer
Located in London, GB
William Tillyer The Mulgrave Suite 2023 Etching, aquatint and embossing with hand colouring in watercolour on paper, Edition of 35, Set of 7 Image size: 40 x 40 cms (15 3/4 x 15 3/4...
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2010s Contemporary William Tillyer Art

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

The Mulgrave Suite
By William Tillyer
Located in London, GB
William Tillyer William Tillyer The Mulgrave Suite 2023 Etching, aquatint and embossing with hand colouring in watercolour on paper, Edition of 35, Set of 7 Image size: 40 x 40 cms ...
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2010s Contemporary William Tillyer Art

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Aquatint, Etching

The Mulgrave Suite
By William Tillyer
Located in London, GB
William Tillyer William Tillyer The Mulgrave Suite 2023 Etching, aquatint and embossing with hand colouring in watercolour on paper, Edition of 35, Set of 7 Image size: 40 x 40 cms ...
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2010s Contemporary William Tillyer Art

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Etching, Aquatint

The Mulgrave Suite
By William Tillyer
Located in London, GB
William Tillyer William Tillyer The Mulgrave Suite 2023 Etching, aquatint and embossing with hand colouring in watercolour on paper, Edition of 35, Set of 7 Image size: 40 x 40 cms ...
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2010s Contemporary William Tillyer Art

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Etching, Aquatint

The Ruswarp Suite 3
By William Tillyer
Located in London, GB
William Tillyer The Ruswarp Suite 3 2023 Etching, aquatint on paper, Edition of 35, Set of 6 Plate size: 39.4 x 39.4 cms (15 1/2 x 15 1/2 ins) Paper size: 57.2 x 57.8 cms (22 1/2 x 2...
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2010s Contemporary William Tillyer Art

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Etching, Aquatint

The Ruswarp Suite 2
By William Tillyer
Located in London, GB
William Tillyer The Ruswarp Suite 2 2023 Etching, aquatint on paper, Edition of 35, Set of 6 Plate size: 39.4 x 39.4 cms (15 1/2 x 15 1/2 ins) Paper size: 57.2 x 57.8 cms (22 1/2 x 2...
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2010s Contemporary William Tillyer Art

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Etching, Aquatint

The Ruswarp Suite 5
By William Tillyer
Located in London, GB
William Tillyer The Ruswarp Suite 5 2023 Etching, aquatint on paper, Edition of 35, Set of 6 Plate size: 39.4 x 39.4 cms (15 1/2 x 15 1/2 ins) Paper size: 57.2 x 57.8 cms (22 1/2 x 2...
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2010s Contemporary William Tillyer Art

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Etching, Aquatint

The Ruswarp Suite 4
By William Tillyer
Located in London, GB
William Tillyer The Ruswarp Suite 4 2023 Etching, aquatint on paper, Edition of 35, Set of 6 Plate size: 39.4 x 39.4 cms (15 1/2 x 15 1/2 ins) Paper size: 57.2 x 57.8 cms (22 1/2 x 2...
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2010s Contemporary William Tillyer Art

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Etching, Aquatint

The Mulgrave Suite
By William Tillyer
Located in London, GB
William Tillyer William Tillyer The Mulgrave Suite 2023 Etching, aquatint and embossing with hand colouring in watercolour on paper, Edition of 35, Set of 7 Image size: 40 x 40 cms ...
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2010s Contemporary William Tillyer Art

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Etching, Aquatint

The Ruswarp Suite 1
By William Tillyer
Located in London, GB
William Tillyer The Ruswarp Suite 1 2023 Etching, aquatint on paper, Edition of 35, Set of 6 Plate size: 39.4 x 39.4 cms (15 1/2 x 15 1/2 ins) Paper size: 57.2 x 57.8 cms (22 1/2 x 2...
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2010s Contemporary William Tillyer Art

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Aquatint, Etching

The Mulgrave Suite
By William Tillyer
Located in London, GB
William Tillyer The Mulgrave Suite 2023 Etching, aquatint and embossing with hand colouring in watercolour on paper, Edition of 35, Set of 7 Image size: 40 x 40 cms (15 3/4 x 15 3/4...
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2010s Contemporary William Tillyer Art

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Etching, Aquatint

The Ruswarp Suite 6
By William Tillyer
Located in London, GB
William Tillyer The Ruswarp Suite 6 2023 Etching, aquatint on paper, Edition of 35, Set of 6 Plate size: 39.4 x 39.4 cms (15 1/2 x 15 1/2 ins) Paper size: 57.2 x 57.8 cms (22 1/2 x 2...
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2010s Contemporary William Tillyer Art

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Etching, Aquatint

The Scalby Suite - Blue Vase and Arrangement on Green
By William Tillyer
Located in London, GB
Etching, aquatint and embossing on paper Plate size: 39.5 x 39.5 cms (15 1/2 x 15 1/2 ins) Paper size: 58 x 58 cms (22 3/4 x 22 3/4 ins)
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2010s William Tillyer Art

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Etching, Aquatint

The Scalby Suite - Jar and Arrangement. For WN.
By William Tillyer
Located in London, GB
Etching, aquatint and embossing on paper Plate size: 39.5 x 39.5 cms (15 1/2 x 15 1/2 ins) Paper size: 58 x 58 cms (22 3/4 x 22 3/4 ins)
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2010s William Tillyer Art

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Etching, Aquatint

The Scalby Suite - Jar and Arrangement
By William Tillyer
Located in London, GB
Etching, aquatint and embossing on paper Plate size: 39.5 x 39.5 cms (15 1/2 x 15 1/2 ins) Paper size: 58 x 58 cms (22 3/4 x 22 3/4 ins)
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2010s William Tillyer Art

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Etching, Aquatint

Box of green porcelain containing Schnouda
By William Tillyer
Located in London, GB
William Tillyer Box of green porcelain containing Schnouda 1974/2018 Line etching with relief printing on Arches paper, Edition of 25 Paper size: 66 x ...
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2010s William Tillyer Art

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Etching

Extract of Tillia
By William Tillyer
Located in London, GB
William Tillyer Extract of Tillia 1974/2018 Line drawing on copper plate with intaglio printing collage on Arches paper, Edition of 25 Paper size: 66 x...
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2010s Contemporary William Tillyer Art

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Etching

Interior at Fontenay aux Roses with a Large Tortoise
By William Tillyer
Located in London, GB
William Tillyer Interior at Fontenay aux Rose with Large Tortoise "Skylight screen and vase of articial looking flowers" 1974/2018 Intaglio and relief printing on Arches paper, Edit...
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2010s Contemporary William Tillyer Art

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Etching

The Scalby Suite - Blue Vase and Arrangement in Scarboroughs Hollywood
By William Tillyer
Located in London, GB
Etching, aquatint and embossing on paper Plate size: 39.5 x 39.5 cms (15 1/2 x 15 1/2 ins) Paper size: 58 x 58 cms (22 3/4 x 22 3/4 ins)
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2010s William Tillyer Art

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Etching, Aquatint

Interior at Fontenay aux Rose with Large Tortoise
By William Tillyer
Located in London, GB
William Tillyer Interior at Fontenay aux Rose with Large Tortoise "Skylight screen and vase of articial looking flowers" 1974/2018 Intaglio and relief printing on Arches paper, Editi...
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2010s Contemporary William Tillyer Art

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Etching

Zephyr - Aire
By William Tillyer
Located in London, GB
Archival giclée print Edition of 70, Set of 8 Paper size: 57.2 x 56 cms (22 1/2 x 22 ins) Image size: 40 x 40 cms (15 3/4 x 15 3/4 ins) Starting from a belief that all forms, and li...
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2010s Other Art Style William Tillyer Art

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Archival Ink, Giclée

The Hanging Tree
By William Tillyer
Located in London, GB
Joris-Karl Huysmans, À rebours, (Against Nature, Against the Grain) Set of 52, Edition of 25, series of 3 images Paper: 250 gsm Velin Arches Crème Signed i...
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2010s William Tillyer Art

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Etching

The aquarium of ingenious mechanical fishes
By William Tillyer
Located in London, GB
William Tillyer The aquarium of ingenious mechanical fishes driven by clockwork 1974/2018 Line drawing on zinc plate and intaglio on Arches paper, Edition of 25 Paper size: 66 x 50.5...
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2010s Contemporary William Tillyer Art

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Etching

The pulpit
By William Tillyer
Located in London, GB
William Tillyer "They used to troop in and take their places side by side in a row of church stalls; then he would ascend an imposing pulpit and preach them a sermon on dandyism" 197...
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2010s William Tillyer Art

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Etching

Balsam of Mecca
By William Tillyer
Located in London, GB
William Tillyer Balsam of Mecca 1974/2018 Soft ground etching with aquatint on zinc plate and collage on Arches paper, Edition of 25 Paper size: 66 x 50.7 cms (26 x 20 ins) Plate siz...
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2010s William Tillyer Art

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Etching

The Circular House - The Rotaflex Lamp
By William Tillyer
Located in London, GB
William Tillyer The Circular House "D'Aigurande proceeded to buy rounded pieces of furniture" - The Rotaflex Lamp 1974/2018 Deep etching and intaglio printing on Arches paper, Editi...
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2010s Contemporary William Tillyer Art

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Etching

The Scalby Suite - Towards 2023
By William Tillyer
Located in London, GB
Etching, aquatint and embossing with hand colouring in watercolour on paper Plate size: 39.5 x 39.5 cms (15 1/2 x 15 1/2 ins) Paper size: 58 x 58 cms (22 3/4 x 22 3/4 ins)
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2010s William Tillyer Art

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Etching, Aquatint

The Scalby Suite - Secrets of an Aroma
By William Tillyer
Located in London, GB
Etching, aquatint and embossing on paper Plate size: 39.5 x 39.5 cms (15 1/2 x 15 1/2 ins) Paper size: 58 x 58 cms (22 3/4 x 22 3/4 ins)
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2010s William Tillyer Art

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Aquatint, Etching

Zephyr - Carricks Corner
By William Tillyer
Located in London, GB
Archival giclée print Edition of 70, Set of 8 Paper size: 57.2 x 56 cms (22 1/2 x 22 ins) Image size: 40 x 40 cms (15 3/4 x 15 3/4 ins) Starting from a belief that all forms, and li...
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2010s William Tillyer Art

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Archival Ink, Giclée

"some natural flowers that looked like fakes" - Floral follies
By William Tillyer
Located in London, GB
William Tillyer "some natural flowers that looked like fakes" - Floral follies 1974/2018 Relief and intaglio printing on Arches paper, Edition of 25 Paper size: 65.5 x 50 cms ( 25 3/...
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2010s Contemporary William Tillyer Art

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Color, Etching

Interior at Fontenay aux Rose with Large Tortoise
By William Tillyer
Located in London, GB
William Tillyer Interior at Fontenay aux Rose with Large Tortoise "Skylight screen and vase of articial looking flowers" 1974/2018 Intaglio and relief printing on Arches paper, Edit...
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2010s Contemporary William Tillyer Art

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Etching

Interior at Fontenay aux Rose with Large Tortoise
By William Tillyer
Located in London, GB
William Tillyer Interior at Fontenay aux Rose with Large Tortoise "Skylight screen and vase of articial looking flowers" 1974/2018 Intaglio and relief printin...
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2010s Contemporary William Tillyer Art

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Etching

Interior at Fontenay aux Rose with Large Tortoise
By William Tillyer
Located in London, GB
William Tillyer Interior at Fontenay aux Rose with Large Tortoise "Skylight screen and vase of articial looking flowers" 1974/2018 Intaglio and relief printi...
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2010s William Tillyer Art

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Etching

Interior at Fontenay aux Rose with Large Tortoise
By William Tillyer
Located in London, GB
William Tillyer Interior at Fontenay aux Rose with Large Tortoise "Skylight screen and vase of articial looking flowers" 1974/2018 Intaglio and relief printing on Arches paper, Edit...
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2010s Contemporary William Tillyer Art

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Etching

Interior at Fontenay aux Rose with Large Tortoise
By William Tillyer
Located in London, GB
William Tillyer Interior at Fontenay aux Rose with Large Tortoise "Skylight screen and vase of articial looking flowers" 1974/2018 Intaglio and relief printin...
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2010s Contemporary William Tillyer Art

Materials

Etching

"some natural flowers that looked like fakes" - Bosphorus
By William Tillyer
Located in London, GB
William Tillyer "some natural flowers that looked like fakes"- Bosphorus "it all comes down to syphilis in the end" 1974/2018 Copper plate line drawings on Arches paper, Edition of 2...
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2010s Contemporary William Tillyer Art

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Etching

The Scalby Suite - For BN
By William Tillyer
Located in London, GB
Etching, aquatint and embossing on paper Plate size: 39.5 x 39.5 cms (15 1/2 x 15 1/2 ins) Paper size: 58 x 58 cms (22 3/4 x 22 3/4 ins)
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2010s William Tillyer Art

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Etching, Aquatint

The Hanging Tree
By William Tillyer
Located in London, GB
William Tillyer The Hanging Tree (Jan Luyken prints - and from the 1633 drawings by Jacques Callot) 1974/2018 Line drawings on copper plate on Arches cream...
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2010s Contemporary William Tillyer Art

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Etching

The Scalby Suite - Honey Jar and Arrangement
By William Tillyer
Located in London, GB
Etching, aquatint and embossing on paper Plate size: 39.5 x 39.5 cms (15 1/2 x 15 1/2 ins) Paper size: 58 x 58 cms (22 3/4 x 22 3/4 ins)
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2010s William Tillyer Art

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Etching, Aquatint

anyone who dreams of the ideal prefers illusion to reality
By William Tillyer
Located in London, GB
William Tillyer "it seemed to him an undeniable fact that anyone who dreams of the ideal prefers illusion to reality" 1974/2018 Soft ground etching with intaglio and relief printing ...
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2010s William Tillyer Art

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Etching

The Descendents/Portraits - "Those high hung dark faceless portraits.."
By William Tillyer
Located in London, GB
William Tillyer The Descendents/Portraits "Those high hung dark faceless portraits ..." 1974/2018 Six gravure plates, black and red inks intaglio, on...
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2010s William Tillyer Art

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Etching

Interior at Fontenay aux Roses - The Red Curtain
By William Tillyer
Located in London, GB
William Tillyer Interior at Fontenay aux Roses - The Red Curtain 1974/2018 Relief embossing on Arches paper, Edition of 25 Paper size: 65 x 50 cms (25 5/8 x 2...
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2010s William Tillyer Art

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Etching

Chevet's Tortoise
By William Tillyer
Located in London, GB
William Tillyer "for there in the window was a huge Tortoise in a tank" - 'Chevet's Tortoise' 1974/2018 Intaglio on zinc plate on Arches paper, Edition of 25 Paper size: 65 x 48.5 cm...
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2010s Contemporary William Tillyer Art

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Etching

Interior at Fontenay aux Rose with Large Tortoise
By William Tillyer
Located in London, GB
William Tillyer Interior at Fontenay aux Rose with Large Tortoise "Skylight screen and vase of articial looking flowers" 1974/2018 Intaglio and relief printi...
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2010s William Tillyer Art

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Etching

"This box was full of purple bonbons, Pearls of the Pyrenees"
By William Tillyer
Located in London, GB
William Tillyer "This box was full of purple bonbons, Pearls of the Pyrenees" 1974/2018 Intaglio print from zinc plate on Arches paper, Edition of 25 Paper size: 66 x 50.8 cms (26 x...
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2010s William Tillyer Art

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Etching

Some natural flowers that looked like fakes
By William Tillyer
Located in London, GB
William Tillyer "some natural flowers that looked like fakes" 1974/2018 Copper plate relief and intaglio printing on Arches paper, Edition of 25 Paper si...
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2010s Contemporary William Tillyer Art

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Etching

Some natural flowers that looked like fakes - Madame Mame / Dickus Sequoia
By William Tillyer
Located in London, GB
William Tillyer "some natural flowers that looked like fakes"- Madame Mame / Dickus Sequoia "it all comes down to syphilis in the end" 1974/2018 Copper plate line drawings on Arches ...
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2010s William Tillyer Art

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Etching

"some natural flowers that looked like fakes"
By William Tillyer
Located in London, GB
William Tillyer "some natural flowers that looked like fakes" 1974/2018 Copper plate relief and intaglio printing on Arches paper, Edition of 25 Paper si...
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2010s Contemporary William Tillyer Art

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Etching

"some natural flowers that looked like fakes"- Caladiums
By William Tillyer
Located in London, GB
William Tillyer "some natural flowers that looked like fakes"- Caladiums "it all comes down to syphilis in the end" 1974/2018 Copper plate line drawings on Arches paper, Edition of 2...
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2010s Contemporary William Tillyer Art

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Etching

"some natural flowers that looked like fakes"
By William Tillyer
Located in London, GB
William Tillyer "some natural flowers that looked like fakes" - "without the shadow of a doubt, the horticulturists are the only true artists left to us nowadays" 1974/2018 Relief an...
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2010s Contemporary William Tillyer Art

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Etching

"some natural flowers that looked like fakes"- Cypripedium
By William Tillyer
Located in London, GB
William Tillyer "some natural flowers that looked like fakes"- Cypripedium "it all comes down to syphilis in the end" 1974/2018 Copper plate line drawings on Arches paper, Edition of...
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2010s Contemporary William Tillyer Art

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Color, Etching

"some natural flowers that looked like fakes"- Tillandsia Lindeni
By William Tillyer
Located in London, GB
William Tillyer "some natural flowers that looked like fakes" - Tillandsia Lindeni "without the shadow of a doubt, the horticulturists are the only true artists left to us nowadays" ...
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2010s Contemporary William Tillyer Art

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Etching

Artful Frangipani
By William Tillyer
Located in London, GB
William Tillyer Artful Frangipani 1974/2018 Embossing and relief printing collage and watercolour on Arches paper, Edition of 25 Paper size: 65 x 50 cm...
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2010s William Tillyer Art

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"to the accompaniment of funeral marches"
By William Tillyer
Located in London, GB
William Tillyer "to the accompaniment of funeral marches" 1974/2018 Plumb ink on zinc plate and collage relief printing on Arches paper, Edition of 25 Paper size: 65 x 50.3 cms (25 ...
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2010s William Tillyer Art

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Etching

Syntax of marks shapes and textures
By William Tillyer
Located in London, GB
William Tillyer Syntax of marks shapes and textures 1974/2018 Soft ground etching on zinc plate with relief printing collage, Edition of 25 Paper size: 66 x 50.7 cms (26 x 20 ins) Pl...
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2010s William Tillyer Art

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Etching

Fragrant odours
By William Tillyer
Located in London, GB
William Tillyer Fragrant Odours 1974/2018 Soft ground etching on zinc plate and collage on Arches paper, Edition of 25 Paper size: 66 x 50.7 cms (26 x ...
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2010s William Tillyer Art

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Etching

Interior at Fontenay aux Roses
By William Tillyer
Located in London, GB
William Tillyer Interior at Fontenay aux Roses " He derived a peculiar pleasure from being in a well lighted room when all the surrounding houses were wrapped...
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2010s William Tillyer Art

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Etching

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Find a wide variety of authentic William Tillyer art available for sale on 1stDibs. If you’re browsing the collection of art to introduce a pop of color in a neutral corner of your living room or bedroom, you can find work that includes elements of orange, yellow and other colors. You can also browse by medium to find art by William Tillyer in etching, aquatint, digital print and more. Much of the original work by this artist or collective was created during the 21st century and contemporary and is mostly associated with the contemporary style. Not every interior allows for large William Tillyer art, so small editions measuring 18 inches across are available. Customers who are interested in this artist might also find the work of Allan Forsyth, The Connor Brothers , and Julio Le Parc. William Tillyer art prices can differ depending upon medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $1,000 and tops out at $123,880, while the average work can sell for $1,000.

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