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3 INTRODUCTION By Gordon Samuel Prints have always been an integral part of our activities at Osborne Samuel gallery. Most of us at the gallery began our careers in the world of original prints and thus there has always been a passion for them at the gallery. This online catalogue covers two fairs in May 2021; the London Original Print Fair that annually takes place at the Royal Academy of Arts this year becomes London Original Print Week from 1-8 May. Thirty-three dealers/publishers are showing at various locations in and around London. See www.londonoriginalprintfair.com for the latest updates. And, the second fair is New York's Fine Art Print Fair of the International Fine Print Dealers Association from 14-28 May. This fair usually takes place in New York each autumn in late October. Regrettably, both fairs have been can- celled for the second year running due to the COVID-19 pandemic. We deal in original prints, predominantly British, and each work in this exhibition is an original work of art, whether it was intended as an illustration for a book or to be framed for the wall or as part of a portfolio. Each is conceived in the medium in which it is printed, manually by the artist or by a master printer and collaborator – these are not ma- chine reproductions of unique paintings or drawings. Nearly all are impressions from limited editions, in most cases numbered and signed by the artists or are rare impressions where only a few proofs were made and there is no edition. This exhibition has been curated quite specifically to show the diversity, originality and technical expertise evident in so much of 20th century British printmaking. These prints are radically different to their late 19th century and early 20th century predecessors. We do not attempt a survey of avant-garde printmaking, but we hope to convey the modernist thread that flows through British printmaking from the revolutionary Vorticist prints of the early 1900s, through the two wars, the inter-war period and to the beginning of the print boom of the early 1960s through to contemporary making today. We have laid out the catalogue in various sections to give an approximate chronological order to the development of printmaking in Britain in the 20 th and 21st centuries. As always condition reports are available on request, and in many cases we have other prints by the artists included in the exhibition. Our website, www.osbornesamuel.com is always a good place to look. As of 12 th April we are open again and look forward to welcoming you to the gallery where the prints will be on exhibition from May 1st. It's not necessary but it would help to let us know when you might want to visit as we are following all government advice to keep you and our staff safe and well! Left: CHRISTOPHER NEVINSON (1889-1946) Returning to the Trenches (detail), 1916 Drypoint Signed & dated in pencil in the lower right margin, 'CRW Nevinson 1916' on off-white laid paper from the edition of 75 published in 'Modern War Paintings' by CRW Nevinson with an accompanying essay by PG Konody, published by Grant Richards, 1917 15.1 x 20.2 cm (6 x 8 in)