Gill, Eric (1882-1940)
Lovers, carved woodblock, c.1926
£5,040
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 28 September 2022 from 10:00 BST
Description
stained wood, 2.7cm high, partially split, dowel-mounted on boxwood plinth [Quick 166; Skelton P166 (dated '1920'); cf. Evan Gill 13]
Footnote
Note: Second state of the woodblock 'Lovers, man lying', first produced in 1920 as a full-length study, here reduced to head and shoulders only; the design was printed as a tailpiece to Eric Gill's Christianity and Art (Capel-y-ffin, 1927, p. 35).
Provenance: Property of an English collector.