Highland Park Artist Collection
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Lot number: 0501172
Winning bid: £5
From the accompanying literature:
"The Orkney Isles have long captivated the creative mind. Remote and romantic, they have cast their spell over artists, writers, poets and musicians for centuries, inspiring a tradition of creativity that is unsurpassed anywhere in Britain. In this exclusive portfolio we are delighted to bring you a taste of that tradition: eight unique Orkney prints, specially commissioned by Highland Park, and accompanied by selected lines of Orcadian verse. The pictures tell their own story, but for a glimpse of the magic to come, we leave the last word to Eic Linklater. "There is, indeed, a power in the land, or in the broad sky enclosing it, that may take perpetual captive those who are rash enough to open their eyes to the endlessly flowing line of its hills, their ears to the curlew's cry and the burdoun of the sea, their hearts to the northern peace. On a fine morning, when the winds are still and the lakes relume an azure sweep of sky, vacant but for a curd of cloud, a mallard and its mate, there is a hush like the drifting of the young earth, not wakened yet, in the innocence of time..." From "The Man on My Back" by Eric Linklater 1899-1974"