GILL, Eric

Eric Gill wood engraving ‘Toilet’ Rare Proof

Description

Eric Gill wood cut titled  Toilet , which is after a drawing by  the artist Norval Gray. The wood cut is printed on fine laid paper and is evenly printed unlike the published edition.

Image size 110 x 62mm (4.5 x 2.5 inches)

Sheet size 145 x 100mm  (5.75 x 3.75 inches)

Item details

Reference: Physick 256,D225, 60. Proof after a drawing from life, 1923. The block was subsequently used for illustration as plate 60 in ‘Engravings by Eric Gill’, published by Douglas Cleverdon, printed by The Fanfare Press, 1929

Provenance: Residue of the Golden Cockerel collection. Purchased at Bonham’s, Sale no. 20751, in 2013.