The Singing Butler is Jack Vettriano's most famous painting. It was published in 2013 as a limited print of just 350 copies, along with 40 artist's proofs. Each copy is...
The Singing Butler is Jack Vettriano's most famous painting. It was published in 2013 as a limited print of just 350 copies, along with 40 artist's proofs. Each copy is signed and numbered by Vettriano and supplied with a certificate of authenticity. This edition sold out from the publishers many years ago and the prints occasionally become available on the secondary market.
The original oil painting of the Singing Butler (71x91cm) was painted in 1992. At Sotheby's Edinburgh auction in April 2004 it sold for £744,800, breaking the previous record for a Scottish painting. The Singing Butler has been reproduced in many different formats and it is the best selling art print in the UK. These limited editions are the most true representations and being signed and numbered are the most valuable.
Paper Size: 40 x 49 cm / 15¾ x 19¼ ins Image Size: 30 x 39 cm / 11¾ x 15¼ ins 300gsm Hahnemuhle museum etching paper
The print is part of The Classic Collection, published in 2013 in both small and large format limited editions to commemorate the Jack Vettriano Retrospective exhibition held at Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum in Glasgow.
The Other Prints in the collection were: Dance Me to The End of Love Elegy For A Dead Admiral Mad Dogs The Picnic Party
This print comes mounted, ready to frame or can be supplied in the dark frame shown here.
Jack Vettriano Retrospective Exhibition, Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum in Glasgow, 2013/14.
Solstice Gallery, Edinburgh, A Contrast of Styles, 9-31 Aug 1991, no.37.
The Edinburgh Gallery, Festival Exhibition, 24 Aug-15 Sep 1998.