Gill, Eric

A fine group of 10 mostly erotic wood engravings. [High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, 1930s]



10 wood engravings (various sizes from 4 3/8 x 3 3/4 to 7 3/4 x 4 3/8 in.; 120 x 90 to 196 x 110 mm), of which 6 are signed in pencil "Eric G"; some marginal soiling. Matted.

some marginal soiling. Matted.
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Included are the following: 1. "Venus" proof for an illustration in Clothing with cloth, no. 12 of 16, signed, (7 1/2 x 5 5/8 in.), 1924, Skelton P290, 2. Woman Bending, wood engraving, signed, no. 4 of 25, (7 x 6 in.), Skelton P388 3. Girl in Bath II, Portrait of Petra, white on black wood engraving, signed, (6 1/2 x 6 in.), Skelton P218, 4. Lovers, Man lying, 1920, wood engraving, (3 1/4 x 1 in.), Skelton P166, 5. Lovers, white on black wood engraving,1924, (4 3/8 x 3 3/4 in.), Skelton P294, 6. Lady C, 1931, [Lady Chatterley's Lover], white on black wood engraving, (6 x 3 1/2 in.), Skelton P728 7. The Convert [labelled in pencil:"the Penitent"], 1925, no. 21 of 50, signed, (5 x 4 in.), Skelton P308, 8. Troilus and Criseyde, title page, (8 x 7 in.; 204 x 178 mm), for the Golden Cockerell Press, 1927, Skelton P474, 9. Eve [nude with snake], (14 1/2 x 8 3/8 in.; 368 x 212 mm), tipped to board, signed, no. 32 of 50, 1926, Skelton P380, 10. Christ at Emmaus, proof copy, from The Four Gospels, 1931, (5 1/2 x 7 1/4 in.; 140 x 185 mm), tipped to board, signed, no. 10 of 10, marginal soiling.