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Naked Young Man Sitting On Lopped Branch;
Naked Young Woman Sitting on a Branch Not Holdong On-
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1930, Wood Engravings.

Physick 642, 643. Edition small. Initialed in pencil.

Image size 7 1/4 x 2 7/8 inches (184 x 73 mm); sheet size 10 7/8 x 7 1/2 inches (276 x 191 mm).

Two blocks printed on a single sheet: fine impressions on cream wove Japan with full margins (1 1/2 to 2 1/4 inches). A small loss in the upper right sheet edge (3/8 x 1 inch), well away from the image, otherwise in excellent condition. Scarce.

Created by the artist to illustrate The Cantebury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer; published by Golden Cockerel Press, 1921-31. The press was credited with having revived the British tradition of wood engraving.

$900.


Blind Old Man at Foot of Tree;
Young Wife Looking Up To Her Lover in the Tree-
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1930, Wood Engravings.

Physick 644, 645. Edition small. Initialed in pencil.

Image size 7 3/16 x 3 1/4 inches (183 x 83 mm); sheet size 11 x 7 1/2 inches (279 x 191 mm).

Two blocks printed on a single sheet: fine impressions on cream wove Japan with full margins (1 5/8 to 2 1/8 inches), in excellent condition. Scarce.

Created by the artist to illustrate The Cantebury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer; published by Golden Cockerel Press, 1921-31. The press was credited with having revived the British tradition of wood engraving.

$900.


Naked Girl in Spray, Head Thrown Back to Left, Four Leaves;
Naked Girl in Spray, Head Upright, Hands Over Head-
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1930, Wood Engravings.

Physick 646, 647. Edition small. Initialed in pencil.

Image size 7 1/4 x 3 inches (184 x 76 mm); sheet size 11 x 7 1/2 inches (279 x 191 mm).

Two blocks printed on a single sheet: fine impressions on cream wove Japan with full margins (1 1/2 to 2 1/2 inches). A loss (1 1/4 x 1/4 inches) in the bottom left sheet edge, well away from the image, otherwise in excellent condition. Scarce.

Created by the artist to illustrate The Cantebury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer; published by Golden Cockerel Press, 1921-31. The press was credited with having revived the British tradition of wood engraving.

$1200.


Spray of Eight Rounded Leaves, and One Branch Lopped Off;
Man on a Branch with a Boy Holding his Toe -
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1930, Wood Engravings.

Physick 689, 690. Edition 5. Signed and numbered 5/5 in pencil.

Image size 7 1/4 x 3 1/2 inches (184 x 89 mm); sheet size 9 1/4 x 6 3/4 inches (235 x 171 mm).

Two blocks printed on a single sheet: fine impressions on cream wove Japan with full margins (7/8 to 2 inches), in excellent condition. Scarce.

Created by the artist to illustrate The Cantebury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer; published by Golden Cockerel Press, 1921-31. The press was credited with having revived the British tradition of wood engraving.

$1100.


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