Creed Gallery in Ascot, Berkshire, offers the Deconstructing Seurat (Blue) pair by Sir Michael Craig-Martin CBE RA: two 2004 screenprints, each signed, dated and numbered from an edition of 40, published by Alan Cristea Gallery. The pair is priced at £5,500. Our team can advise on framing and provenance for collectors across Berkshire, Surrey and London.
About Sir Michael Craig-Martin
Craig-Martin was born in Dublin in 1941, grew up and studied in the United States (Fordham and Yale) and moved to Britain in 1966. His conceptual work An Oak Tree (1973), a glass of water declared to be an oak tree, is among the best known in British art. He taught at Goldsmiths, University of London from 1974 to 1988 and again from 1994 to 2000, and is widely credited with fostering the Young British Artists, including Damien Hirst, Sarah Lucas and Gary Hume. He was appointed CBE in 2001, elected a Royal Academician in 2006 and knighted in 2016, and the Royal Academy staged a career-spanning exhibition in 2024.
The Work: Everyday Objects in Flat Colour
Since the late 1970s he has drawn everyday objects, such as lightbulbs, trainers, umbrellas and books, in flat, saturated colour outlined in black, with no shadow or context. Each object floats alone and carries equal weight, and he applies the same graphic language to painting, wall drawings and prints.
Deconstructing Seurat (Blue)
In 2004 he took Georges Seurat's pointillist compositions and translated them into his own language: the shimmer of Seurat's divided colour becomes flat, bold colour fields separated by clean lines, with Seurat's composition kept intact. The series was issued in pairs in several colourways. Our pair shows an industrial landscape and a bathers scene, in blue, purple, pink and green.
Collecting Craig-Martin at Creed Gallery
The pair costs £5,500. Both prints are screenprints in colours on wove paper, signed, dated and numbered in pencil verso from the edition of 40, published by Alan Cristea Gallery, London, in 2004. We state the size, framing and documentation for every work, and you're welcome to visit the gallery in Ascot.
Why Collect Craig-Martin
His graphic language is instantly recognisable, and the Deconstructing Seurat series links him to an art-historical source. As with any artist, individual pieces vary in demand and value, so our team is happy to talk you through the specifics of any work you're considering.
