Country Life

Floral muse

N the autumn of 1976, an eye-catching poster began appearing on the streets of Athens. Emblazoned with a red London bus, it announced an exhibition of limited edition original prints by UK artists at the British Council. The works being shown—which included prints by David Hockney, Patrick Caulfield and Eduardo Paolozzi, as well as young up-and-coming artists—attracted large numbers of collectors, students and expats. For burgeoning Bristol-raised art dealer Jill Yakas, who was organising the show not long after moving to Greece, it was quite a

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