Lot 183
Gill (Eric) Eve, number 1 of 50, hand-coloured wood-engraving, signed at foot in pencil, [1926]
Estimate: £6,000 - 8,000
Description
Gill (Eric) Eve, number 1 of 50, signed at foot in pencil, hand-coloured wood-engraving, on laid paper with wide margins, single spot within image, printer's crease and a few spot to margins, [Physick 380], image 238 x 119mm., sheet 316 x 223mm., [1926].
⁂ An exceptionally rare hand-coloured example of Gill's most celebrated engraving, we can trace only one other example at auction.
Provenance: From the collection of Evan Gill, purchased directly from the estate.
Description
Gill (Eric) Eve, number 1 of 50, signed at foot in pencil, hand-coloured wood-engraving, on laid paper with wide margins, single spot within image, printer's crease and a few spot to margins, [Physick 380], image 238 x 119mm., sheet 316 x 223mm., [1926].
⁂ An exceptionally rare hand-coloured example of Gill's most celebrated engraving, we can trace only one other example at auction.
Provenance: From the collection of Evan Gill, purchased directly from the estate.