Medium: Intaglio Dimensions: 4 1/2 x 3 inches Signature: Signed Artist details: Slovak, 1964 Edition: of 100
Recommended by Paige (Collections Manager / Marketing Coordinator):
This piece is a quiet favorite of mine. Originally, I was drawn to the amazing textures: the flowing hillside, fabrics, and barely visible hair adornments. But I think the true value is in how Vavrova captures traditional Japanese style through an Eastern European lens, embracing another culture through her own practices. You can see the care she takes as a woman portraying other women. Through her travel experiences, Vavrova understands and shares a culture that is not her own, and in particular women, without distancing herself, without acting as an outsider or an intruder.
Medium: Etching with hand-coloring Dimensions: 3 x 2 inches (image), 11 1/4 x 7 1/2 inches (sheet) Signature: Signed Artist details: French, 1939 Edition: EA
Series: For Engravings by Eric Gill Medium: Wood engraving Dimensions: 9 x 7 inches Signature: Initialed and titled in the block Artist details: English, 1882 - 1940 Date finished: 1922 Edition: of 480 Reference: Skelton P278 Publisher: Douglas Cleverdon, England, 1929
#21979
Series: For Engravings by Eric Gill Medium: Wood engraving Dimensions: 2 3/8 x 2 inches Artist details: English, 1882 - 1940 Date finished: 1914 Edition: of 480 Reference: Skelton P18 Publisher: Douglas Cleverdon, England, 1929
#21917
Series: For Engravings by Eric Gill Medium: Wood engraving Dimensions: 3 x 5 inches Artist details: English, 1882 - 1940 Date finished: 1923 Edition: of 480 Reference: Skelton P256 Publisher: Douglas Cleverdon, England, 1929
#21975
Series: For Engravings by Eric Gill Medium: Wood engraving Dimensions: 8 3/4 x 6 1/4 inches Artist details: English, 1882 - 1940 Edition: of 480 Reference: Skelton P270 Publisher: Douglas Cleverdon, England, 1929
#21976
Series: For Engravings by Eric Gill Medium: Wood engraving Dimensions: 9 x 7 inches Signature: Initialed (backward) and titled in the block Artist details: English, 1882 - 1940 Date finished: 1924 Edition: of 480 Reference: Skelton P277 Publisher: Douglas Cleverdon, England, 1929
#21978
Series: For Engravings by Eric Gill Medium: Engraving on zinc Dimensions: 8 x 5 13/16 inches Signature: Signed in the plate Artist details: English, 1882 - 1940 Date finished: 1924 Edition: of 480 Reference: Skelton P280 Publisher: Douglas Cleverdon, England, 1929
#21981