Ending 6th Oct, 2024 16:00

Paintings, Works on Paper & Sculpture

 
Lot 57
 

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ERIC GILL (BRITISH 1882-1940)

PLAYING PIANO DUETS
signed with initials and dated E G 13.10.26 lower right; inscribed D. C. & E. W. Bristol lower left
pen and ink on paper
22.5 x 13cm; 9 x 5 1/4in
unframed

The initials D.C. refer to Douglas Cleverdon (1903-1987), the influential publisher and bookseller and later radio producer at the BBC. The first book he published was a collection of engravings by Gill, who later made a Book of Alphabets for Cleverdon. Other artists Cleverdon would collaborate with included David Jones, E.M. Forster, Virginia Woolf, T.S. Eliot and Dylan Thomas.

Sold for £220


 

PLAYING PIANO DUETS
signed with initials and dated E G 13.10.26 lower right; inscribed D. C. & E. W. Bristol lower left
pen and ink on paper
22.5 x 13cm; 9 x 5 1/4in
unframed

The initials D.C. refer to Douglas Cleverdon (1903-1987), the influential publisher and bookseller and later radio producer at the BBC. The first book he published was a collection of engravings by Gill, who later made a Book of Alphabets for Cleverdon. Other artists Cleverdon would collaborate with included David Jones, E.M. Forster, Virginia Woolf, T.S. Eliot and Dylan Thomas.

Auction: Paintings, Works on Paper & Sculpture, ending 6th Oct, 2024

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