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