STOLEN AND LOST PATRICK WOODROFFE ART
Some of these Patrick Woodroffe paintings that are listed as LOST could just as easily have been STOLEN. If you know of the whereabouts of any of these paintings please contact us. A reward, as detailed against each painting, will be paid for information leading to the return of any of these paintings to their rightful owner, the artist Patrick Woodroffe.
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M/95 The Moon Pool by Patrick Woodroffe - LOST 1974 Acrylic/ink washes/marbling - 356×476mm Page 86. Cover commission for the book of the same name by A.A.Merritt. U.K. pb rights sold to Futura Books. German pb rights sold to Heyne Verlag. LOST Original lost at the publishers Futura A REWARD OF UP TO £400 WILL BE PAID
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M/103 Line of Duty by Patrick Woodroffe - STOLEN 1975 Watercolour/acrylic/inks/pencils - 367×230mm Page 97. This image, along with the sketch, also appears in “A Closer Look” page 64. Cover commission for the book of the same name by Ernest Tidyman. U.K. pb rights sold to Transworld. German pb rights to Bastei Verlag. US magazine rights to Warren. French magazine rights to Elvifrance, Spanish to Toutain. Also appears in an article in “Zoom” magazine. The original was stolen while on show at the gallery “Abandon Art” in Richmond in 1991. REWARD OF UP TO £500
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M/130 Dangerous Visions (One) by Patrick Woodroffe - LOST 1973 Watercolour/acrylic/inks/pencils/marbling 355×476mm Page 134. Also appears in “A Closer Look” page 87 (detail). Original lost or stolen(?) at Futura. Cover commission (UNUSED) for the book of the same name edited by Harlan Ellison. U.K.pb rights to Futura Books. A REWARD OF UP TO £500 WILL BE PAID
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M/132 Nightfall by Patrick Woodroffe - LOST 1973 Watercolour/acrylic/inks - 380×242mm Page 135. Original lost or stolen(?) at Sphere. Cover commission for the book of the same name by Isaac Asimov. Used for the book ‘The Best of Robert Heinlein’. U.K.pb rights to Sphere Books. Also appeared: PW Calendar for 1978 (November – minimal image): Phin card 2nd series 1977: Children’s Hospice Promotion “Promodo” gratis. REWARD OF UP TO £300
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M/146 The Still Small Voice of Trumpets by Patrick Woodroffe - STOLEN 1975 Watercolour/acrylic/ink/pencils/marbling 400×250mm Page 141. Full Title: ‘The Still Small Voice of Trumpets’. The Original was offered for sale at Sotheby’s in December 1987 and was unsold at the estimate price of £350-£500, the top bid being £300. The original was later stolen at the Abandon Art Gallery in Richmond in 1991. Cover commission for the book of the same name by Lloyd Biggle Junior. U.K.pb rights to Sphere Books. German pb rights to Hayne Verlag. Also appeared: Portal poster (lapsed). A REWARD OF UP TO £450 WILL BE PAID.
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The original was ‘lost’ (or stolen?) during production – no compensation paid.
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M/147 Time and Tide by Patrick Woodroffe – LOST OR STOLEN 1975 Watercolour/acrylic/inks/pencils/marbling - 317×635mm Page 143 (right part only). Cover commission for the album of the same name by Greenslade. World album cover rights to Warner Brothers. Also appeared: Warner Brothers poster and sticker: Phin card PWB14 ‘Listen to This!’: Sheets article (miniature).A REWARD OF UP TO £1,000 WILL BE PAID
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NES/28 The Child-Like Empress by Patrick Woodroffe - LOST 1989 Pencil, coloured pencils, watercolour, black ink and oil glazes on acrylic binding medium as a primer (on the jewels only) Approx. A3. Copyright belongs to NES GmbH according to the general contract. Although the original was to remain my own property, it was never returned. The fee of DM 15,000 realised a net fee of £5,333.07. A REWARD OF UP TO £500 WILL BE PAID.
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IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION ABOUT THE WHEREABOUTS ANY OF THESE PAINTINGS PLEASE CONTACT US USING OUR CONTACT FORM ON THIS WEBSITE. Please note that the theft from the Abandon Art Gallery in Richmond took place several years before Artists UK purchased Abandon Art.
Original painting REVOLUTION NOW by Dan Woods
The painting REVOLUTION NOW (of which this is a very poor reproduction) was painted by Dan Woods for the 1989 album of the same title by Captain Sensible (of The Damned fame). Both the album and the artwork were critically acclaimed. The album contained some classic material by Captain sensible including the prophetic ‘Toys Take Over’ and many other excellent songs woven together with snippets of radio and TV as well as local Brighton characters.
When the artist tried to get the artwork back from the record company he was told it “had got lost somewhere”. In those days it was still fairly common for artists to send original work in to publishers and record companies. Although many artists were getting round to using transparencies this was a time-consuming and expensive processing involving professional photographers and correct lighting to get a good quality transparency. Even then some publishers would refuse to work from the transparency for one reason or another. Nowadays most artists have digital .tiff files produced of their work, either by a professional photographer or by using their own digital camera and computer equipment.
Although it cannot be proved, it is almost certainly the case that the artwork slipped out of the back door and ended up with some fan of Captin Sensible and / or The Damned who may not even know that the painting was not legitimately acquired. This painting, if it still exists, is the rightful property of the artist Dan Woods and Artists UK will pay a reward of up to £300 for information leading directly to the restoring of this artwork, in good condition, to its rightful owner. If you have seen it anywhere or know of its present whereabouts then please contact us.
