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Eric Gill ARA (1882-1940) Nude with Drapery IIsigned and dated 'EricG / 11.9.24' (lower right); inscribed 'Dartmoor' (lower left) and inscribed again 'Dartmoor (2)/(orig.Design for engraving No.II)' (on a separate sheet beneath the mount)pen and ink heightened in white on tracing paper14.5 x 10cm Provenance:With The Piccadilly Gallery, London, May 1989, where acquired by Editions GraphicVictor Arwas and thence by family descentSale; Bonhams, 10 June 2015, lot 21The present composition appears to be a preliminary design for Gill’s wood engraving of the same year, Nude with a Cloak, which was produced as an illustration for Gill’s sister’s (Enid Clay) Golden Cockerel Press publication, Sonnets and Verses.

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