Craigie Aitchison Archives

Gillian Ayres, Untitled (Abstract), pastel & charcoal on paper, 45.7 x 49.8 cm 1962/63. Reproduced courtesy Gillian Ayres. Schlee Collection, Southampton

Leon Kossoff, Christ Church, Spitalfields, Spring, 1992, etching and aquatint on paper, 84 x 64 cm, © Leon Kossoff. Ben Uri Gallery & Museum Collection

Frank Auerbach, Study for Mornington Crescent, Summer Morning II, 2004, crayon on paper, 31 x 31 cm, © The Artist. Ben Uri Gallery & Museum Collection

Dennis Creffield, Bembridge Windmill, Isle of Wight, 1990, charcoal on paper, 76 x 56 cm, © Dennis Creffield, courtesy James Hyman Gallery, London

David Hockney, Portrait of Mo, 1975, pencil and crayon on paper, 29.2 x 35 cm, © David Hockney

Frank Auerbach, Jake, 1990, etching on paper, 20 x 16.5 cm, © Frank Auerbach

“Ɖ xbišn brñz tgɖr ṣlctd wrcs fṛm ɖ Filip Šli c̣lẋn v drōñz, prints n pêntñz bî ātists wrcñ in Britn btwn 1920 n 2004, wɖ reznnt wrcs on pêpr fṛm Ben Uri’z ôn c̣lẋn.

Seḷbretñ ɖ ričṇs n dvrsti v č c̣lẋn, No Set Rūlz priznts 49 wrcs bî 37 ātists, sevn v hūm – Franc Ârbah, Dêvid Bombrg, Jên Jôzf, Lion Kosof, Mîcl Roʈnstîn, Glen Sūjo n Edẉd Toledano – r reprizntd in bʈ.

Ɖ wrcs cuvr a wîd renj v subjctmatr, tecnīcs n practis, muvñ fṛm fiğrešn t abstraẋn t xplor 100 yirz v xprešn on pêpr.

Uɖr ātists includ Crêgi Êčisn, Jiłn Erz, Sandra Blo, Crisṭfr L’Brũ, Rojr Hiltn, Dêvid Hocni, Pītr Laňn, Sẹra Lîtmn, Henri Mur, Greym Suɖḷnd, Elisbet Toṃlin n Jon Vrty.

No Set Rūlz inišiets daylogz, grūpñ tīčrz, stydnts, c̣laḅretrz n strenjrz, n juxṭpozñ mastrz v moṇcrom wɖ crietrz v dazlñ swīps v culr t šo ɖt drōñ dz’nt nesseṛli bgin or end wɖ a pensl. Ɖs xbišn pruvz, az Dêvid Hocni wns obzrvd, ɖr r no set rūlz in drōñ.”

Gillian Ayres,Untitled Drawing (III), Chinese ink on paper. 28 x 36.5 cm. Reproduced courtesy Gillian Ayres. Schlee Collection, Southampton

David Bomberg. Self Portrait. 1932. Charcoal and brown chalk on paper. 38.7 x 28 cm. © The Estate of David Bomberg. Schlee Collection, Southampton

Howard Hodgkin. Souvenir. 1981. Screenprint. 114.3 x 139.7 cm. © courtesy of Howard Hodgkin. Schlee Collection, Southampton

Elisabeth Tomalin. Head. Pastel and acrylic on paper. 36.1 x 51 cm. © The Artist’s Estate. Ben Uri Gallery and Museum Collection.

Leon Kossoff, Railway Landscape near King’s Cross, Spitalfields, Spring, 1992, Gouache on paper, 55.6 x 76.2 cm © Leon Kossoff. Schlee Collection, Southampton.

Adriana Swierszczek. Abduction of Europa. 2006. Pencil and charcoal on paper. 110 x 132 cm. © The Artist. Ben Uri Gallery and Museum Collection.

Graham Sutherland. Fruit Trees in the Garden at Trottiscliffe. 1944. Watercolour, gouache, pen and black ink, coloured chalk and pencil on paper. 36.5 x 27.5 cm. © Estate of Graham Sutherland. Schlee Collection, Southampton.

Henry Moore. Seated Nude. 1934. Brush & ink, pen & ink & wash on paper. 55 x 36.5 cm © Henry Moore, by permission of The Henry Moore foundation. Schlee Collection, Southampton