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In 1974 after various long stays in the Sahara desert, Christopher Hewett inaugurates Taranman Gallery on Brompton Road,  Knightsbridge, mainly to exhibit and sell some of the beautiful tuareg and berber pottery, rugs and ceramics he had collected in North Africa. 

This first project wasn't a success and soon after, he chooses to continue in another direction with Taranman Drawings, Etchings and Fine Books, and starts exhibiting mid-century British, French and American artists.

In parallel he goes into editing fine books and creates exceptional catalogues for the exhibiting artists.

Nicolas Barker, the British historian in the world of printing and books, compares these catalogues to the ones produced by the famous private press Officina Bodoni, Verona 1922- 1977, well known for editing books of maximum quality and craftsmanship.

 

Taranman edited 29 exhibition catalogues, and published the following five books:

Strachan Walter, Poems 1976. 

Segalen Victor, Chine ou Le Pouvoir dans l'Etendue 1978.  

McEwen Rory and Koch Kenneth, From the Air 1979. 

Lecuire Pierre, Textes 1980. 

De Staël, Nicolas -  Lettres a Jacques Dubourg 1981.

 

The Living Curve 1984 - Letters to W.J - Strachan, 1929 - 1979. Published posthumously.

 

Exhibitions were held to mark the following:

Pierre Lecuire - Sonnets Funebres. Engravings by Fermin Aguayo. 1975. Exhibition 1-30 March 1976. (See exhibitions)

Pierre Lecuire - Cortège. Illustrated by André Lanskoy (1959). Exhibition 16 September -14 October 1977. (See exhibitions)

Victor Segalen - Chine ou Le Pouvoir dans l'Etendue. Exhibition 30 October- 18 November 1978. (See exhibitions)

Pierre Lecuire - Textes - with cover portrait of Pierre Lecuire by Vera Pagava. Exhibition 14 April - 28 April 1980. 

 

The following artists were included in the exhibition Le Livre des Livres by Pierre Lecuire (Catalogue n.5): Fermin Aguayo, Geneviève Asse, César, Serge Charchoune, Claude Garache, Charles Marq, Etienne Martin, Jean Messagier, Henry Moore, Vera Pagava, Hercules Seghers, Vieira da Silva, Brigitte Simon, Arpad Szénés, Pierre Tal Coat, Raoul Ubac.

 

Mixed exhibitions were held during March 1976, October 1978, and December 1981/January 1982. Artists, other than above, who were shown in mixed exhibitions: Elisabeth Butler, Reg Butler, Lynn Chadwick, Prunella Clough, Colin Crumplin, Graham Ibbeson, Abram Krol, André Lanskoy, Ezra Orion, Nicola Pope.

 

There were no catalogues for the following main exhibitions: Nicol Allan (1979), Paul Caffel (1983), Sir Hugh Casson (1983), Geoffrey Clarke (1982), Bryan Kneale (1981), Barry Martin (1978), Bernard Meadows (1979, 1980, 1983), William Morris "Cupid and the Psyche" wood-cuts (1979).

 

Homage to Christopher Hewett, Jacob Gallery, Paris 1988

 

The publication of these sixty-three unpublished letters from Christopher Hewett (1938-1983) to French friends, and the exhibition at the Jacob Gallery dedicated to "Christopher Hewett and French Dominion" (see catalogue) that accompanies this publication, represents France's tribute to the person and work, interrupted too soon, of the young talent of English culture, who, nourished by the culture of his two homelands, knew how to express, for ten years, a vision of the world of art through exemplary exhibitions and publications with talent, elegance and rigor.

 

This commemoration adds to the double tribute that Great Britain already paid to Christopher Hewett, in 1984 in London, Taranman Gallery, and  the exhibition The Christopher Hewett Collection (see catalogue) in 1987 at the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford.

  • (1) POEMS - Copyright W.J.Strachan - Gravats Charles Marq - Two original copper engravings - Signed and núm. 33-56 - 96? per Charles Marq i W.J.Strachan dedicated to CJH - Published by Christopher Hewett. –

  • (2) CHINE OU LE POUVOIR DANS L´ ÉTENDUE 1978 - Victor Segalin - Introductions by Henry Bouillier - N.6 – On the cover Tumulus de l'Empereur TS´IN, face sud Cliché des Musées Nationaux, Paris

  • (3) FROM THE AIR 1979 - Koch Kenneth and McEwen Rory –

  • (4) TEXTES 1980 - Pierre Lecuire – On the cover Portrait de Pierre Lecuire, gravure de Vera Pagava

  • (5) LETTRES A JACQUES DUBOURG 1981 - 1 -Nicolas de Staël – On cover Agrigente, dessin (1953) Musée National d'Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris

  • 5/2 - Nicolas de Staël - Invite for the presentation of the book: Lettres a Jacques Dubourg –

  • 5/3 - Nicolas de Staël - Introduction text for the invite –

  • 5/4 - Nicolas de Staël - Descripció del llibre, detalls –

  • 5/5 - Nicolas de Staël - Déjà parus - –

  • 5/6 - THE LIVING CURVE - Letters to W.J.Strachan 1929 - 1979 - Edited by Christopher Hewett 1984 - With a foreword by William Anderson - Taranman/Carcanet –

Catalogues

  • 001/DRAWINGS AND ETCHINGS - Catalogue Winter 1974 - Introdu ction by Raymond Lister - –

  • 01/ - LECUIRE PIERRE & LE LIVRE DES LIVRES - Catalogue 1975 – On the cover, "The Three Books". Etching by Hercules Seghers. Variation by Henry Moore, mixed media etching.

  • 1/A - GEOFFREY CLARKE - Catalogue 1975 - Represented Britain as the youngest member of the Venice Biennale in 1952 – Represented Britain as the youngest member of the Venice Biennale in 1952

  • 1/B - VINCENT GUIRO - Catalogue 1975 - Collages - Introduction by W.J.Strachan - September October 1975 –

  • 1/BERNARD MEADOWS - Catalogue 1975 - Drawings for Sculpture - Cover drawing Drawing for Sculpture (1974) Llapis i aquarel.la 11 x 10,5 cm –

  • 3/GEOFFREY CLARKE - 1976 catalogue, introduction by Walter Strachan - Early engraved Work and Iron Sculpture – On the cover, Head T23 ii (1956) Sugar aquatint 23,9 x 24,4 cm

  • 4/CHARLES MARQ - Catalogue 1976 - Drawings in Tempera - On the cover CAOS (1975) - Tempera on papier japonais 22,5 x 26,3 cm –

  • 5/BRYAN KNEALE- 1977 catalogue, Small Sculpture and Maquettes. Introduction by Hilary Spurling. – On the cover, TARA (1977) Bronze, 9,5 x 14 cm. Edition of 8

  • 6/GERD HARTMANN -1977 catalogue, Die Welt als Wille und Verstellung. Introduction by Gudrun Inboden. – On the cover- FIGUR MIT HORIZONT (1976) - Pastel, 30 x 22

  • 7/1 CHARLES MARQ -Catalogue,1978 - Recents Paintings - Preface by François Chapon - Cover illustration ANTICHAMBRE (1977) Oil on canvas, 81 x 65 cm –

  • 7/A - BRIGITTE SIMON - 1977 catalogue, Recent paintings. Introduction by Fenella Crichton. – Cover illustration Seléné (1977) Oli on canvas, 19 x 24 cm

  • 7/A - CHARLES SHANNON - Catalogue, 1978 compiled by Paul Delaney - Preface by Fenella Crichton - Cover illustration A Lithograph in White Line R5 ii (1891) - – MCMLXXVIII TARANMAN LONDON

  • 7/JOHN BARNICOAT- 1977 catalogue, Works on paper. Introduction by Peter Porter – Cover illustration, Hidden White (1975) Gouache, each 26 x 26 cm

  • 8/BERNARD MEADOWS - catàleg 1979 - FUJI TELEVISION GALLERY - Tokyo 3 August - 31 August 1979 - Cover Watchers (1979) Pencil and wash, 259 x 138 mm –

  • 9/B - UBAC - 1980 catalogue, Ardoises. Introduction by Christopher Hewett. – Cover illustration Arbre I (1979) Slate relief, 195 x 95 mm

  • 9/C - GENEVIÈVE ASSE - 1980 catalogue - Preface by Roland Penrose - Cover illustration Suite Celtique I (1970) Oil and crayon on paper, 259 x 350 mm - Full size detail –

  • 9/D - RORY MC EWEN- 1980 catalogue with a preface by Fenella Crichton – Cover illustration I Redcliffe Square, London (1979) Watercolour on vellum, 22,3 x 19 cm

  • 9/E - RORY McEWEN catàleg 1980 - NIHOBASHI GALLERY - Tokyo 7 Abril - 23 Abril 1980 - Cover illustration Kew Gardens I (1978) 61 x 51 cm Photography Prudence Cuming –

  • 9/F - LIVRE DE PIERRE LECUIRE - Institut Français d'Athènes - Catalogue 1981 - Couverture: Nicolas de Staël, papier collé de la couverture des "tres de N. de Staël à Pierre Lecuire". Page de titre: Vera Pagava, "Poèmes métaphysiques", pointe-sèche.  – Exemplaire personnel de Christopher Hewett avec l'amitié du poète. Paris 22 juillet 1981. Signé Pierre Lecuire

  • 9/F bis - LIVRE DE PIERRE LECUIRE - Institut Français d'Athènes - Catalogue 1981 - Dedicated to Christopher Hewett - Unique –

  • 9/G - NICOLAS DE STAËL - 1981 catalogue - Drawings and Engraved Work with a preface by Denys Sutton and essay by Nicolas Barker – Cover illustration Grappe de raisins Brush and India ink, 310 x 370, 1954 Jacques Dubourg Collection, Paris

  • 9/H - Brigitte Simon - Catalogue 1982 - Preface by Kathleen Raine - Cover illustration Black Head II (1980) - Pencil and tempera, 300 x 575 mm - Full size detail –

  • 9/I - KENNETH ARMITAGE New Sculptures and Collages - with a preface by Roland Penrose and an essay by John MC Ewen – Taranaman London 1982

  • 9/J - NICOL ALLAN- 1982 catalogue with preface by Gerard Nordland –

  • 9/K - HOMAGE TO CHRISTOPHER HEWETT - François Chapon et Pierre Lecuire - Bulletin du bibliophile II/1984 à 50 exemplaires hors commerce n. 7 –

  • 9/L - CHRISTOPHER HEWETT (1938 -1983) - Memorial Booklet 1984. – Cover vignette by Sir Hugh Casson, P.R.A.

  • 9/M - THE CHRISTOPHER HEWET COLLECTION - Catalogue 1987 - Exhibition at the Ashmoleum Museum Oxford - On the cover 94 CRAB - Bernard Meadows –

  • 9/N - CHRISTOPHER HEWETT ET LE DOMAINE FRANÇAIS - On the cover, engraving by Geoffrey Clarke, "Termination of an illustrated letter." Metaphysical portrait of Christopher Hewett. Paris, 1988 –

  • The publications of the Taranman Gallery: a personal note from David Gould –

Exhibitions

  • 1/ Geoffrey Clarke - 19 May - 30 June 1975 –

  • 2/Bernard Meadows - Drawings for Sculpture -15 November - 31 December 1975 –

  • 3 bis A/ Drawings in tempera - November December 1976 –

  • 3/A - SONNETS FUNÈBRES by Pierre Lecuire - Engravings by Aguayo - Copy signed by both artists - Placard announcing the exhibition held in March 1976 – Copy belonging to Aminda Saludes

  • 3/B - Pastels - April May 1977 –

  • 3/C - Geoffrey Clarke - Early engraved Work and Iron Sculpture - 9 June - 15 July 1976 –

  • 3/D - Cortège - Il.lustrated by André Lanskoy - Exhibition hed in September - October 1977 –

  • 4/A - The Lithographs - April May 1978 –

  • 4/Recent paintings - 3 December - 31 December 1977 –

  • 5/A - Charles Marq - May June 1978 –

  • 5/Barry Martin -New Work- 8 March - 5 April 1978 –

  • 6/Victor Segalen (1878 - 1919) - 1978 –

  • 7/UBAC - 9 October - 8 November 1980 –

  • 9/bis B - Geneviève Asse - 15 January - 14 February 1981 –

  • 9/bis C- Nicolas de Staël - 12 October- 28 November 1981 –

  • 9/bis D - February 25- March 27 1982 –

  • 9/bis DD - Collages - April May 1982 - –

  • 9/bis E - Kenneth Armitage - New Sculpture and Collages - 20 October - 11 December 1982 –

  • 9/bis F - Hugh Casson's London, 1983 –