Artist who is now ruffling feathers
“If I was a dealer, I’d buy the whole lot and put on a show. He’s a sort of great ‘undiscovered’ artist.” Mimi Lay of the Penzance auction house David Lay is referring to a consignment of graphic art by the 20th century painter and lithographer Richard Platt (b.1928).
The group, which will be offered on July 27, comprises 50 works split into 43 lots, and is being s…