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THE PRINCE'S TRUST

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"Really The Blues" by Henry Miller ULTRA COLLECTIBLE!!!!!!

Item Number: 532

Estimated Value: 3000 USD
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"Really The Blues" by Henry Miller

Limited Edition Serigraph signed and numbered by the artist.
Size: 15.5" x 21"
Status: Unframed

Supplied with Certificate of Authenticity.

About the Artist

Henry V. Miller was born December 26, 1891 in Yorkville, NYC. His parents were from Germany, his mother from the north, his father from Bavaria. He lived in Brooklyn during his school years. He tried working in his fatherA?s tailor shop which is where he developed his love of fine clothes.

He was known for breaking with existing literary forms and developing a new sort of 'novel' that is a mixture of novel, autobiography, social criticism, philosophical reflection, surrealist free association, and mysticism, one that is distinctly always about and expressive of the real-life Henry Miller and yet is also fictional. As a writer, his most characteristic works of this kind are "Tropic of Cancer", "Tropic of Capricorn" and "Black Spring".

"The Waters Reglitterized", "The Angel is my Watermark", "To Paint is to Love Again", "Paint as you Like and Die Happy" are all books about Henry Miller's love of painting.

He first became interested in the 1920's when walking in NYC with a friend, Emil Schnellock, who was an artist. They stopped in front of a gallery window where Turner was displayed - Miller was enthralled. Emil started him off by lending him brushes and encouraging him to paint.

Miller painted mainly watercolors, turning out several thousand in his lifetime. He painted for pleasure, enjoying the process of creating. His paintings were shown in exhibitions in the U.S., Japan and Europe.

Many of his watercolors were printed as lithographs, usually in editions of 250 - 300 prints. Millerwould have them stacked on his ping pong table taking time in the day to sign and number them. He was pleased that people liked his paintings and would give them to friends and admirers.

Item Special Note

NET PROCEEDS BENEFIT: THE PRINCE'S TRUST!

The Prince's Trust

The Prince's Trust is a youth charity that helps change young lives. The Trust gives practical and financial support, developing key workplace skills such as confidence and motivation. They work with 14 to 30-year-olds who have struggled at school, have been in care, are long-term unemployed or have been in trouble with the law. They have helped more than 600,000 young people since 1976 and support 100 more each working day. More than three in four young people helped last year moved into work, education or training. Around one in five young people in the UK are not in work, education or training. Youth unemployment costs the UK economy £10 million a day in lost productivity, while youth crime costs £1 billion every year.

The Prince's Trust has received support from many notable celebrities including David Beckam, Queen and Paul McCartney.

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