ARDIZZONE, Edward

‘Jubilee 1898-1948’ illustrated by Edward Ardizzone

Description

‘Jubilee 1898-1948’ illustrated by Edward Ardizzone

4to. Bound in plain grey card wrappers with dark brown text on cover. 18pp. On the blank endpaper is the Surrealist ex libris plate of Andrew Murray. Illustrated with eight line drawings after Ardizzone showing students at work in Camberwell. The cover is foxed and with a light crease in lower left corner. Inside the text is clean. Printed at the art school, it would have been printed in a small edition size. Rare.

Size 24.5 x17.5cm (9.75 x 7 inches)

Reference: Alderson. 22. p. 58. A Brief account of the school finishes on p.14 and is followed by a slightly pugnacious policy statement by the principal:….E.A. s contribution is nowhere acknowledged.

Item details

Provenance: Andrew Murray, Director of Mayor Gallery, Cork Street, London. The Mayor Gallery exhibited Ardizzone s work in the 1960 s. Andrew Murray lent his personal collection of books and prints etc. to the travelling exhibition by Middlesbrough Museum in 1982.

Item details

Publisher: London County Council Camberwell School of Arts and Crafts.
Date: 1948
Place: London
Book ID: 60002525