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Gertrude Hermes

18 August 1901 - 9 May 1983

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German-born Gertrude Hermes was a wood-engraver and sculptor. After being elected Associate of the Royal Academy in 1963 and awarded an OBE in 1981, Hermes remained a lauded artist until her death in 1983. Her engravings have featured in books by the Golden Cockerel Press, Cresset Press and Nonesuch Press and much of her work is in many public collections including the Tate and the National Portrait Gallery.

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Hermes (Gertrude) Willows and Water-lilies, wood-engraving on cream Japan pa...

Hammer: £2,200

Hermes (Gertrude) Waterlilies, wood-engraving on cream Japan paper, signed i...

Hammer: £2,200

Swan Press.- Gosse (Irene) A Florilege chosen from Old Herbals, number 43 of...

Hammer: £1,300

Hermes (Gertrude).- Gosse (Irene) A Florilege chosen from Old Herbals, numbe...

Hammer: £1,000

Hermes (Gertrude, 1901-1983) Stonehenge, wood-engraving on Japon, image c.25...

Hammer: £900

Golden Cockerel Press.- Toussaint (Franz, translator) The Gard...

Hammer: £850

Gemini Press.- Graves (Ida) Epithalamion, number 36 of 50 special copies on ...

Hammer: £700

Hughes-Stanton (Blair).- Graves (Ida) Epithalamion, number 7 of 50 special c...

Hammer: £650

Eliot (T.S.) Animula, wood-engravings by Gertrude Hermes, 1929; A Song for S...

Hammer: £600

Pissarro (Lucien) Wood Engravings, number 111 of 175 sets, 29 wood-engravings on...

Hammer: £550

Gwasg Gregynog.- Hermes (Gertrude) Wood Engravings for The Lovers' Song-...

Hammer: £550

Cresset Press.- Apocrypha (The), according to the Authorized Version, out-of-series c...

Hammer: £500

Cresset Press.- Bunyan (John) The Pilgrim's Progress, 2 vol., number 37 ...

Hammer: £500

Sandford (Lettice) Wood Engravings, number 79 of 100 copies signed by the ar...

Hammer: £480

Hermes (Gertrude) Solomon's Seal or White Root, wood-engraving on cream ...

Hammer: £440

Hermes (Gertrude) The Yoke, wood-engraving on wove paper, image c.360 x 305m...

Hammer: £400

Hughes-Stanton (Blair) & others.- Apocrypha (The), according to the Aut...

Hammer: £320

Gwasg Gregynog.- Miscellanea, one of 75 copies of the green edition, from an...

Hammer: £300

Hermes (Gertrude) Wood Engravings...being illustrations to Selborne..., numb...

Hammer: £280

Cresset Press.- Apocrypha (The), according to the Authorized Version, number...

Hammer: £260

Hermes (Gertrude) Wood Engravings...being illustrations to Selborne..., numb...

Hammer: £260

Hermes (Gertrude) Penshurst, wood-engraving on Japan paper, signed in pencil...

Hammer: £190

Cresset Press.- Apocrypha (The), according to the Authorized Version, number...

Hammer: £170

Beardsley (Aubrey) Under the Hill, second edition, illustrated by Beardsley, original deco...

Hammer: £170

Gemini Press.- Graves (Ida) Epithalamion, number 241 of 330 copies signed by...

Hammer: £140

Hughes-Stanton (Blair) The Bull and the Beast, wood engraving, on thin Japan, signed,...

Hammer: £110

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