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Gillian Ayres — Blueberry Hill (Cristea 13)
Gillian Ayres

Blueberry Hill (Cristea 13)

"Blueberry Hill (Cristea 13)" is a large scale mixed media work by Gillian Ayres created in 2003, combining etching with carborundum and extensive hand coloring in acrylic to achieve a richly layered and vibrant composition. This proof impression, printed by Jack Shirreff at 107 Workshop in Wiltshire and published by Alan Cristea Gallery, showcases Ayres' characteristic gestural abstraction through the interplay of printed and painted passages on heavyweight Arches paper. The work exemplifies the artist's continued engagement with color and spontaneous mark making well into her mature practice.

Medium
Etching with carborundum printed in colours, extensively hand-coloured in acrylic, 2003, signed and dated in pencil, a proof aside from the edition of 12, printed and hand-coloured by Jack Shirreff at 107 Workshop, Wiltshire, the edition published by Alan Cristea Gallery, London, on Arches paper, with full margins, sheet 1090 x 1074mm (42 7/8 x 42 1/4in) (unframed), Provenance:, Property from the 107 Workshop Archive., Condition, Related Lots, BACK TO AUCTION CATALOGUE, Ben Nicholson (1894-1982)

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Prints & Works on Paper 1500-2026

March 31, 2026

Lot 147

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Gillian Ayres, Blueberry Hill (Cristea 13)

"Blueberry Hill (Cristea 13)" is a large scale mixed media work by Gillian Ayres created in 2003, combining etching with carborundum and extensive hand coloring in acrylic to achieve a richly layered and vibrant composition. This proof impression, printed by Jack Shirreff at 107 Workshop in Wiltshire and published by Alan Cristea Gallery, showcases Ayres' characteristic gestural abstraction through the interplay of printed and painted passages on heavyweight Arches paper. The work exemplifies the artist's continued engagement with color and spontaneous mark making well into her mature practice.

Medium
Etching with carborundum printed in colours, extensively hand-coloured in acrylic, 2003, signed and dated in pencil, a proof aside from the edition of 12, printed and hand-coloured by Jack Shirreff at 107 Workshop, Wiltshire, the edition published by Alan Cristea Gallery, London, on Arches paper, with full margins, sheet 1090 x 1074mm (42 7/8 x 42 1/4in) (unframed), Provenance:, Property from the 107 Workshop Archive., Condition, Related Lots, BACK TO AUCTION CATALOGUE, Ben Nicholson (1894-1982)
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Related themes

20th Century, Vibrant, British Artist, Nature Inspired, Landscape, Oil Paint, Canvas, Abstract Expressionism, Gestural Abstraction, Color Field Painting

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