CELTIC F.C. & LISBON LIONS INTEREST, SIGNED ORIGINAL WORK OF ART
GRAEME WILCOX (SCOTTISH, b.1967), 1992

watercolour and pencil on paper, depicting Jock Stein, the players, and the pennants from each round of the match, signed by the artist, dated, with Hilton Art stamp, in mount with inscribed plaque, along with a Hilton Art promotional plaque

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54cm x 70cm overall

Note: 1992 was of course the 25th Anniversary of Celtic's European Cup triumph in Lisbon. On the 25th May, a gala dinner was held for the team at Glasgow's Hospitality Inn. In association with this dinner, a series of works were commissioned by Hilton Art, a Paisley based firm. Two artists were chosen to create a series of works, Graeme Wilcox and Maggie Daly. From these originals, a limited edition run of 100 printed copies of each were made and signed by the players, later to be sold to fans (including one that was offered at Christie's Glasgow in October 1992). Six original commissions (comprising five relating to Lisbon, and another relating to the 1957 7-1 League Cup game) will be offered individually in this McTear's Sporting auction. Alongside these, provenance can be viewed in the form of Hilton Art promotional material and a Sun Newspaper clipping - five items in total, with one of each being offered alongside each Lisbon 25th Anniversary work.

Graeme Wilcox attended Glasgow School of Art 1989 - 93 and graduated with a BA (Hons). Since graduating, Graeme has continued to work from his studio in the East End of Glasgow. His work, technically traditional, has a powerful contemporary feel, depicting underlying tensions between animation and stillness. He is able to portray the transient, blurred image of one moving figure and at the same time, engage in precise photographic representation of another. Graeme has collaborated on a number of multi media projects with Mischief-la-bas-performance group and with other artists, culminating in projects at the Arches and Tramway in Glasgow and the Albany Theatre in London. He has also organised two large scale mural projects in collaboration with the East End Community Arts for Glasgow Health Board and devised and ran "Face to Face" photography project in Glasgow. This Arts Council funded project culminated in a temporary public artwork at the East End Festival in Glasgow. In 2011 he completed a prestigious portrait commission for the newly opened Conway Hall in London. Graeme's work is held in private collections in Europe, the USA and Canada and in public collections in Petrezovodsk, Russia and the Gulf State of Qatar. He is also held in the Corporate Collection of the Royal Bank of Scotland, Edinburgh. He exhibits regularly in London and throughout the UK, both in group and solo shows.