Singing Lessons, a framed limited edition giclee print on paper from artist Sam Toft.
Ernest Hemingway Mustard is starting up a new choir. Singing lessons are a must, and his students are already in fine voice it seems. Is this Doris, Stanley Philpot and dear old Moses? I must ask Sam!
Sam’s characters, ‘The Mustards’ have a legion of loyal fans. She has described herself as their Official Picture Maker and Story Teller for the past 20 years. They are her imaginary friends, helping her make sense of a world that sometimes seems stranger than fiction; never more so than current times.
Ernest and his dear lady wife Violet live in a not-so damp basement flat on the Brighton Hove border, with Doris, their grumpy and rather portly Jack Russell Terrier, and an ever increasing menagerie of eccentric pets. They inhabit a seaside world of faded ice cream colours where the breeze is always blowing and life is utterly delicious.
We are thrilled to offer for sale this beautiful print - a long sold out Sam Toft limited editions. The current owner no longer has space for it on her wall and has asked us to find it a new home. Where better to bring it than The Braithwaite Gallery in York, northern home of all things Tofty for more than two decades, and Sam’s biggest fans!
The print is framed in a distressed silver leaf effect frame with black edging. There are a few small dents on the frame edges and a scratch on the front at the bottom (see photo) but otherwise the picture is in good condition.
This is Edition 20 of 295.
Singing Lessons: image size approximately 350x350mm with outer frame dimensions of approximately 580x595mm.
The original Certificate of Authenticity from publisher Collier and Dobson has been attached to the reverse of the frame.
We can only ship framed items within the UK, however if you would like the picture shipping internationally, we can of course take the picture out of the frame. Please get in touch via the ‘contact us’ option at the top of the page for a shipping quote.
As with all secondary market work, the print and frame are not new, and are therefore ‘sold as seen.’ We have endeavoured to describe to condition as accurately as possible.
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