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About the painting
Back Where You Belong shows a couple kissing at a railway station, a reunion after time apart. Stations have long been the setting for great romantic moments in film, from wartime farewells to joyful homecomings, and Vettriano taps into that tradition with obvious affection. The title tells us this is a return rather than a parting: someone has come home.
It is one of his most openly romantic paintings, and a popular choice for anniversaries and for couples who have spent time apart. Its large scale gives it real presence in a living room or hallway.
About this edition
Back Where You Belong was published in 1996 as a limited edition silkscreen, each print signed and numbered by Jack Vettriano and supplied with a certificate of authenticity. The image size is a substantial 30.5 x 23.8 inches. Silkscreen editions from the mid-1990s are among the earliest and most collectable Vettriano prints. Please contact us for details of the example we currently hold.
Edition details
Price on application
Limited Edition Print
Silkscreen
Published: 1996
Image size: 30.5 x 23.8 in
Signed and numbered by the artist
Framing, display and care
This is a silkscreen print, also known as a serigraph. Rather than being printed in a single pass, a silkscreen is built up one colour at a time, with each colour pushed through its own fine mesh screen by hand. The result is a layered, slightly raised surface with flat, intense areas of colour that a giclée cannot quite reproduce, which is why many collectors seek out Vettriano's silkscreen editions in particular. To look after it, use an acid-free mount and UV-filtering glass, keep it out of direct sunlight, and hang it on a dry wall away from radiators and steamy rooms. Handle it by the edges, and keep it flat if it has to be stored before framing.
How to buy
This print is offered on a price on application basis, because availability, edition numbers and framing can vary between examples. Contact us by email or phone and we will confirm what we currently hold, the price, and the details of the specific print, including its edition number. Every print we supply comes with a certificate of authenticity and is sent with fully insured UK delivery. International delivery is available on enquiry.
About Jack Vettriano
Jack Vettriano was born in St Andrews in 1951 and grew up in Methil, Fife. He left school at sixteen and taught himself to paint, studying the works in Kirkcaldy's gallery after being given a set of watercolours for his twenty-first birthday. When he sent two paintings to the Royal Scottish Academy's annual exhibition in 1988, both sold on the first day, and his career as a professional painter began.
Vettriano's paintings are known for their cinematic atmosphere: men and women in evening dress, beaches under heavy skies, quiet rooms where something has just happened or is about to. He was appointed OBE in 2003, and a major retrospective of his work was held at Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum in Glasgow in 2013 and 2014.
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