Lot 215
Gill (Eric) Original carved woodblock for "Birdhouse", 1937
Hammer Price: £800
Description
Gill (Eric) Original carved woodblock for "Birdhouse", stained wood, initialled on verso and numbered "620", inscribed in pencil on side "Denis Tegetmeier del. E.G. sculp. 1937", on two conjoined boxwood blocks c.93 x 80 x 25mm. in total, [Physick 933], 1937.
⁂ Designed as a title-page illustration for Bird House; the reminiscences of Emma Thurston Lamberton.
Description
Gill (Eric) Original carved woodblock for "Birdhouse", stained wood, initialled on verso and numbered "620", inscribed in pencil on side "Denis Tegetmeier del. E.G. sculp. 1937", on two conjoined boxwood blocks c.93 x 80 x 25mm. in total, [Physick 933], 1937.
⁂ Designed as a title-page illustration for Bird House; the reminiscences of Emma Thurston Lamberton.