Rare Gill Proofs 2013

ERIC GILL A COLLECTION OF RARE PROOF WOOD & COPPER E N G R AV I N G S & A FEW SIGNED PR INTS goldmark july 2013

ERIC GILL

Eric Gill (1882-1940) was an English sculptor, Mountains of Wales, though its impracticality and letter-cutter, typographic designer, calligrapher, remoteness persuaded them to move nearer to engraver, writer and teacher.

London, to Pigotts, near High Wycombe. Gill worked on carvings, on the writing of pamphlets, In 1907 Gill moved with his family to Ditchling essays and books, and on engravings. Among his in Sussex, where he encouraged craftsmen to finest achievements in the medium are the pursue their skills in wood-engraving, calligraphy, engravings for the Golden Cockerel Press. weaving, silverwork, stone-carving, carpentry, building and printing.

Gill's highly original typeface designs had a lasting influence on 20th-century printing and Gill Sans, In 1910 he began direct carving of stone figures, the sans serif typeface used on the covers of premany of which showed Gill's appreciation of war Penguin books, is rightly lauded as the first medieval ecclesiastical statuary, Egyptian, Greek British modernist type design. and Indian sculpture, as well as the PostImpressionism of CĂŠzanne, van Gogh and Gauguin.

His growing reputation, together with his conversion to Catholicism, led to a commission from Westminster Cathedral for the Stations of the Cross and inspired other biblical works. His bestknown commission on a secular subject was Prospero and Ariel (1931) for the BBC at Broadcasting House, Langham Place, London.

A COLLECTION OF RARE PROOF PRINTS

Proof copies of engravings by Eric Gill are scarce.

Almost all those offered here are printed on paper different from any of the three used in the 1929 Cleverdon or 1934 Faber and Faber iconographies.

Those prints carrying an asterisk (*) are not From 1924 to 1928 Gill and his wife sought to reproduced in either Cleverdon or Faber and recreate the Ditchling community at Capel y Ffin, were only published in tiny editions, so these are a deserted monastic building in the Black particularly scarce.

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01. Initial Letter I with Trumpeter and Drummer wood, 1923, 2.3 x 2.7 cm, £65

02. Initial Letter B with Column wood, 1915, 2.1 x 1.5 cm, £50

03. Initial Letter I with an Old Nurse wood, 1923, 2.1 x 2.5 cm, £65

04. Initial Letter A with Princess and Gypsy wood, 1923, 2.3 x 2.8 cm, £75

05.* Design for a Letter-Heading for Elizabeth Angela Gill wood, 1908, 1.4 x 1.7 cm, £85

06. Initial Letter O with Speedwell wood, 1917, 2.9 x 2.8 cm, £50

07. Initial Letter L with a Reclining Woman wood, 1923, 2.4 x 4.5 cm, £80

08. Initial Letter W with Mirror and Chest of Drawers wood, 1922, 2.4 x 2.4 cm, £65

09. Initial Letter W with Woman and Child

Printed on thin cream wove. Physick 249.

Printed on thin cream wove. Physick 242.

Printed on thin cream wove. Physick 247.

Printed on thin cream wove. Physick 248.

Printed on thin cream wove. Physick 3a.

Printed on thin cream wove. Physick 233.

Printed on thin cream wove. Physick 244.

Printed on thin cream wove. Physick 110.

wood, 1923, 2.2 x 4.5 cm,

£85

Printed on thin cream wove. Physick 237.

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10.* The Happy Labourer

wood, 1915, 13.6 x 8.4 cm,

£195

Printed on thin cream wove. Physick 42.

11. Dress 1920

wood, 1921, 9.3 x 7.7 cm,

£175

Printed on medium cream wove. Physick 186.

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12. The Resurrection, Second State wood, 1917, 13.6 x 8.7 cm, £250 Printed on thin cream wove. Physick 91.

13. Dumb-Driven Cattle wood, 1915, 9 x 7.8 cm, £175 Printed on thin cream wove. Physick 36.

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14. Girl in the Bath I, [Portrait of Petra the Artist’s Daughter] wood, 1922, 10.4 x 10.4 cm, £300 Printed on thin cream wove. Light inking. Physick 194.

15. Girl in the Bath II, [Portrait of Petra the Artist’s Daughter] wood, 1923, 10.7 x 10.7 cm, £400 Printed on thin cream wove. Physick 218.

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16.* The Money-Bag and the Whip wood, 1915, 10.3 x 8.4 cm, £250 Printed on thin cream wove. Physick 38.

17. The Purchaser

wood, 1915, 13 x 8.3 cm,

£200

Printed on thin cream wove. Physick 40.

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18.* The Holy Childhood

wood, 1921, 7.5 x 9.4 cm, £200 After a drawing by Elizabeth Gill Printed on thin cream wove. Physick 180.

19. Spoil Bank Crucifix, with Chapel wood, 1919, 7.2 x 10.2 cm, £150 Printed on medium cream wove. Physick 156.

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20. Crucifix, Chalice and Host wood, 1915, 13 x 8.3 cm, £175 Printed on thin cream wove. Physick 45.

21.* Crucifix with a Crown of Thorns [Early State] wood, 1922, 18 x 7.7 cm, £400 Printed on thin cream wove. Physick 197. Early state.

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22. Christ and the Money-Changers wood, 1919, 13.8 x 9.2 cm, £250 Printed on thin cream wove. Physick 153.

23. Ascension

wood, 1918, 14 x 9 cm,

£275

Printed on thin cream wove. Physick 140.

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24. Girl in the Bath I, [Portrait of Petra the Artist’s Daughter] wood, 1923, 10.4 x 10.4 cm, £400 Printed on laid paper. Physick 194.

25. Mother and Child

wood, 1923, 14.2 x 8.4 cm,

£250

Printed on thin cream wove. Physick 219.

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26.* Nuptials of God

wood, 1922, 6.4 x 5.1 cm, £300 Ordination card for the Reverend Gerald Vann.

Printed on thin cream wove. Physick 214.

27. Hottentot

wood, 1920, 19.8 x 4.4 cm,

£200

Printed on wove as used in Cleverdon ordinary edition. Physick 172.

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wood, 1926, 6.2 x 5 cm,

£250

Printed on medium cream wove. Physick 388.

Aside from the signed edition of 25.

29. Divine Lovers I

wood, 1922, 9 x 7.6 cm,

£295

Printed on thin cream wove. Physick 193.

30. Stay me with Apples

wood, 1925, 6.7 x 6.1 cm,

£175

Printed on medium cream wove. Physick 305.

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32.* Like a Young Fawn 31. Hog and Wheatsheaf

wood, 1915, 13.5 x 13.5 cm,

wood, 1925, 7.5 x 9.9 cm,

£200

£125

Printed on thin cream wove. Physick 336.

Printed on thin cream wove. Physick 31.

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33. Daily Herald Order of Industrial Heroism wood, 1923, 12.5 x 19 cm, ÂŁ195

Printed on heavy wove. Physick 220-223.

First version with dove (later replaced with red star). Printed from five blocks.

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34.* Westward Ho

wood, 1921, 12.6 x 9 cm, ÂŁ250 Engraved by Eric Gill after a drawing by David Jones Printed on thin cream wove. Physick 185. Lightly inked.

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Rare. Proofs only.

36.* Rump [Portion of a Nude Female Figure] wood, 1914, 8.9 x 8.3 cm, £200

Printed on thin cream wove. Physick 25.

Extremely rare. Physick describes only a proof of an experiment in blind printing.

37.* Woman

wood, 1926, 5.7 x 4.6 cm,

£250

Printed on thin laid proofing paper. Physick 412.

Extremely rare. An experiment with a multiple tool.

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38. David

copper, 1926, 11.4 x 7 cm,

£200

Printed on heavy parchment. Physick 372.

Unusual cream (heavy Japon).

39. Adam and Eve in Heaven or the Public-House in Paradise. For Art and Love copper, 1927, 11.3 x 6.9 cm, £175 Unusual cream (heavy Japon). Physick 480.

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40.* Yahoo

copper, 1926, 11.2 x 8.8 cm,

£500

Unusual cream (heavy Japon or parchment). Physick 411.

Extremely rare. Proofs only.

41. Earth Waiting

copper, 1926, 11 x 9 cm,

£400

Unusual cream (heavy Japon or parchment). Physick 360.

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42. Madonna and Child copper, 1924, 4 x 2 cm, £95 After a drawing by Petra Gill

Unusual cream (heavy Japon or parchment). Physick 304.

44.* Madonna and Child

intaglio, 1924, 8.3 x 4.8 cm,

£150

Unusual cream (heavy Japon or parchment). Physick 298.

Rare.

43. Madonna and Child copper, 1924, 4 x 2 cm, £95

After a drawing by Elizabeth Gill

Unusual cream (heavy Japon or parchment). Physick 302.

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45.* The Golden Bough

wood, 1921, 5.7 x 3.1 cm,

£95

Printed on thin cream wove. Physick 178.

Rare. Proof only. Lightly inked.

47.* St. Thomas’s Hands wood, 1926, 3 x 4 cm, £100

Printed on thin laid proofing paper. Physick 382.

Originally only a few proofs for sale.

46.* Bambino

wood, 1920, 5.2 x 4.3 cm,

£150

Printed on thin cream wove. Physick 174.

Rare. Proof of a design for a Christmas card.

48.* Unicorn. Device for the Curwen Press wood, 1926, 3.3 x 3 cm, £150

Printed on thin laid proofing paper. Physick 398.

This image was not offered for sale.

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49. Portrait of a Lady, [Moira, Mrs. Robert Gibbings] copper, 1924, 18 x 11 cm, ÂŁ225 Unusual cream (heavy Japon or parchment). Physick 296.

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50. Axe and Block

wood, 1917, 3.6 x 3.5 cm,

51. Calvary £45

wood, 1915, 2.8 x 8.1 cm,

52. Adam and Eve

£65

wood, 1917, 3.2 x 5.7 cm,

Printed on thin cream wove. Physick 44.

Printed on thin cream wove. Physick 135.

53. Girl with Deer [Bookplate] wood, 1920, 6.1 x 6.3 cm, £75 Printed on thin cream wove. Physick 173.

56. Christ and the Money-Changers wood, 1919, 5.2 x 7.7 cm, £140 Printed on thin cream wove. Physick 152.

54. The Soul and the Bridegroom wood, 1927, 7.9 x 5.1 cm, £275 Printed on medium cream wove. Physick 496.

57. The Last Judgement

wood, 1917, 4.4 x 5.8 cm,

£95

Printed on thin cream wove. Physick 87.

£95

Printed on thin cream wove. Physick 107.

55. Dress, 1860

wood, 1920, 6.6 x 5.3 cm,

£125

Printed on thin proofing paper. Physick 187.

58. Animals All

wood, 1916, 5.3 x 5.4 cm,

£125

Printed on thin cream wove. Physick 50.

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59. Clare, [Portrait of Mrs Pepler] wood, 1922, 16.6 x 11.6 cm, £100 Printed on thin cream wove. Physick 196.

60. The Plait, [Portrait of Petra, The Artist’s Daughter] wood, 1922, 16.5 x 9.9 cm, £240 Printed on thin cream wove. Physick 195.

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61. Self-Portrait - Earlier State wood, 1927, 17.8 x 12.3 cm, ÂŁ250 Printed on thin cream wove. Physick 497.

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62. The Sower. For the Four Gospels wood, 1931, initialled, 6.9 x 5.3 cm, £450 Printed on thin wove proofing paper. Physick 770.

63. Virgin and Child. For a Christmas Card wood, 1931, initialled, 14.6 x 7.1 cm, £950

Initialled 'E G' in pencil on right hand side. Further below inscribed by Gill 'with love from Eric and Mary 25.12.31'.

Printed on thin wove proofing paper. Physick 827.

Scarce.

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64.* Nigra Sum Sed Formosa. For the Frontispiece of the Cranach Press Canticum Canticorum wood, 1931, signed, 14.8 x 7 cm, ÂŁ1950 Signed 'Eric G' in pencil on right hand side and numbered 11/30 on left hand side.

Printed on thin wove proofing paper. Physick 618.

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66. Fuge, Dilecti Mi

wood, 1930, signed, 7 x 6.5 cm,

Printed on thin wove proofing. Physick 663.

65. Vadam Ad Montem

wood, 1931, signed, 14.5 x 6.5 cm,

£1750

Printed on thin wove proofing paper. Physick 757.

£1500

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67. Rachel Rothenstein

copper, 1926, initialled, 25 x 17.7 cm, ÂŁ500 Eric Gill pencil inscription in left hand border 'proof EG.'

Printed on heavy parchment. Physick 370.

Scattered foxing.

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68.* Death and the Lady. For Sonnets and Verses wood, 1924, initialled, 12.8 x 8.4 cm, ÂŁ1250

Initialled by Eric Gill in pencil on right hand side 'Proof EG'.

Printed on thin wove proofing paper. Physick 285.

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69.* Woman with Ship

wood, 1935, signed, 16.5 x 10 cm,

ÂŁ1500

Printed on thin wove proofing paper. Physick 893.

Proof for illustration in The Aldine Bible edited by M.R. James for J.M. Dent and Sons.

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70.* The Single Bed [Thanks]

wood, 1934, ed 20, signed, 7.5 x 6.5 cm, ÂŁ850

Printed on thin wove. Physick 875.

Cut for the Constant Mistress by Enid Clay (Golden Cockerel Press).

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71. Prospectus [Includes The Skaters] copper, 1926, 11 x 11 cm, ÂŁ250 Printed on medium wove. Physick 368.

The prospectus for Douglas Cleverdon’s Selected Engravings by Eric Gill American Edition, including first state, original copper engraving of The Skaters, bearing the words Specimen Plate. and a further page of text.

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72.* God Sending

copper, 1926, 10.5 x 8 cm,

ÂŁ1500

Physick 364.

Aside from the edition of 15. A proof of an alternative design for the frontispiece to Procreant Hymn by E. Powys Mathers (Golden Cockerel Press).

Catalogue text set in Perpetua (designed by Eric Gill)

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The striking thing about Gill's work, whether carving, letter-cutting or typography, is his mastery of linear expression.

Fiona MacCarthy

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