Richard Platt (British, 1928-2017) American Machine

Richard Platt (British, 1928-2017)

American Machine. Titled, signed, and dated ".../PLATT 69" l.r., identified on a label from Art Collectors gallery, New York, affixed to the frame backing. Watercolor, gouache, and ink on paper, sight size 21 3/4 x 29 1/2 in., framed. Condition: Subtle rippling, not examined out of frame.

N.B. Richard Platt came of age as a young painter and lithographer in the mid-1950s. Hailing from an artistic family, he was the son of J.G. Platt, a printer educated at the Royal College of Art in the 1920s, Henry Moore and Barbara Hepworth were fellow students. J.G. Platt became an etcher, woodcutter, and engraver and was the principal of Hornsey School of Art until 1965. Following national service, Richard Platt also attended the Royal College of Art from 1950 to 1953, and his style evolved from social realism towards abstraction over the course of his career.