Lot 141
£525
Auction: 23 October 2020 from 10:00 BST
lithograph after linocut, printed by the Curwen Press
Late in the 1920s Edward Bawden began designing wallpapers alongside the artist John Aldridge. Initially these were printed from lino blocks by the artist’s themselves, in a small studio attic room at Bawden’s home. At a later date the blocks were transferred to John Perry & Co., who produced wallpapers from them. The whole process of making the wallpaper, like an artist’s print, meant they were made in separate sheets rather than rolls.