Woking, The Lightbox, The Ingram Collection: Prints and Printmaking, 1 February – 30 April 2011;
Woking, Coroners Court, 20 July 2015 and ongoing
Literature:
P. Skipwith and B. Webb, Edward Bawden’s London, London 2011 (illustrated, p. 85);
Caroline Bacon and James McGregor, Edward Bawden, Bedford, 2008 (illustrated, p. 60)
Peter Avery assisted Edward Bawden during 1963 and was left to print the edition on his own while Bawden travelled to Ireland with Carel Weight for a painting holiday. He recalled there being 10 or 11 colours, some of which would have been printed on the same block. From his student days at the Royal College of Art, Bawden had been fascinated by the landscaping, flora and architecture at the Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew. Various aspects of the gardens were to feature throughout his work and career. As a skilled and knowledgeable gardener, Bawden enjoyed the illusion of order at Kew: ‘I think I have a strong desire for order. It is a primitive instinct to try and produce order out of chaos. A thing that is chaotic is so impossible to accept.’
