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    An Italian Journey Hardback

    Anne Desmet’s beautifully packaged book is packed, cover to cover, with a seductive grand tour of Italian cityscapes and landscapes. Her colourful and atmospheric sketch in pen, wash and watercolour grant a unique insight into the perspectives and preoccupations of the artist roaming abroad and transports the viewer from Rome and Venice to the landscapes of Sicily and Umbria.
    £9.95
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    Dimensions 10 x 15cm
    Fabric & material Hardback
    No. of Pages 120
    No. of Illustrations 60
    SKU 02085101

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    Service Update (updated 19 March 2020)

    We want to make sure your order reaches you as safely as possible. Therefore, due to the outbreak of COVID-19, all orders will be dispatched once the RA has reopened. We will be in touch once the RA has reopened and once your order has been dispatched. 

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    Updated 19 May 2020

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    Product story

    Anne Desmet’s pen commits every detail to paper, and the small-scale format emphasises her distinctive flair for capturing the relationship between extreme foreground and distance. This is a unique opportunity to explore Italy, from the Apennines to the Veneto, through the eyes of a meticulous and precise artist.

    Anne Desmet RA specialises in wood engravings, linocuts and mixed-media collages. She has received over thirty international awards, and her work is in museum collections and publications worldwide. She was elected a member of the Royal Academy of Arts in May 2011. For fifteen years she was editor of Printmaking Today magazine and has published three printmaking books. She lives and works in London.

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