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About the painting
Long Time Gone sets a romantic embrace against an unexpected backdrop: the chimneys and smokestacks of an industrial skyline. It is one of the paintings that connect Vettriano's glamorous world to his roots in industrial Fife, where power stations, mines and docks shaped the landscape he grew up in. The title, with its echo of song lyrics, suggests someone returning after years away, or a past that is long gone but not forgotten.
The contrast between the tenderness of the couple and the hard industrial setting gives the painting a particular emotional charge, and it has become a favourite with collectors who know his background.
About this edition
Long Time Gone was published as a limited edition, with each print signed and numbered by Jack Vettriano and supplied with a certificate of authenticity. Because examples come to us individually, availability, edition number, framing and price vary from print to print. Please contact us for details of the example we currently hold. Following Vettriano's death in 2025, no further signed prints of this image can be made.
Edition details
Limited Edition
Signed and numbered by the artist
Price on application
Before you buy
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Framing, display and care
As a fine art giclée, this print is made with archival pigment inks on acid-free fine art paper, which is what allows a limited edition like this to keep its colour for decades. To protect that, frame it with an acid-free mount and UV-filtering glass, and hang it out of direct sunlight. Steady conditions matter more than anything else: a dry interior wall is ideal, while bathrooms, kitchens and the space above a radiator are best avoided. If you are not framing straight away, store the print flat, in its protective packaging, somewhere cool and dry, and only handle it by the edges. A good framer will be able to advise on moulding and mount colour to suit the image and the room.
Enquiries
Because examples of this edition come to us individually, we quote prices on application. Get in touch and we will tell you what is available, its edition number and condition, and whether it is framed, and we can send extra photographs if that helps. As an official stockist, every print we supply comes with a certificate of authenticity and 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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