Lot 197
  • 197

Eric Gill, A.R.A.

Estimate
1,500 - 2,500 GBP
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Description

  • Eric Gill, A.R.A.
  • Six illustrations from Canticum Canticorum
  • wood engravings
  • each plate: approx. 14.8 by 6.8cm.; 5 3/4 by 2 5/8 in.
Six wood engravings, 1930-1, four signed in pencil and numbered variously from the edition of 15, on wove papers, each framed

Provenance

Wolsley Fine Arts, London, where acquired by David Bowie

Literature

Christopher Skelton, The Engravings of Eric Gill, Wellingborough, 1983, pp.320-323, nos.P666-70 & 757, illustrated (another example).

Condition

Each with wide margins, in good condition, with occasional inconspicuous fox marks, pale time-staining, P666 with a short diagonal tear at the upper left sheet edge (well away from the image), each framed.
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Catalogue Note

Titles are Transiliens CollesHortus ConclususDilecti Mei PulsantisIbi Dabo TibiIn Domum Matris Meae, and Vadam Ad Montem