ASHMOLEAN BOX OF DELIGHTS WOOD ENGRAVINGS FROM THE ASHMOLEAN COLLECTION   DESMET
ISBN 978-1-910807-41-5
BOX OF DELIGHTS WOOD ENGRAVINGS FROM THE ASHMOLEAN COLLECTION
1
2
Frontispiece from Moralités Légendaires by Jules LaForgue, Vol.1, 1897 Wood engraving on white laid paper, 18.1 × 11.2 cm (page size: 20.5 × 13.1 cm) WA.PA.77.3884, Pissarro Family Gift, 1952
Wood engraving on thin, off-white Japanese paper, 10 × 14.7 cm WA2003.888. Accepted by HM Government in lieu of inheritance tax on the estate of John Bensusan-Butt and allocated to the Ashmolean, 2003
Lucien Pissarro (1863–1944) Salomé
Gwendolen Mary Raverat (1885–1957) Bowl Players in Sunlight, aka Bowl Players in France, 1922
© Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford
© Estate of Gwen Raverat
4
5
1
2
Frontispiece from Moralités Légendaires by Jules LaForgue, Vol.1, 1897 Wood engraving on white laid paper, 18.1 × 11.2 cm (page size: 20.5 × 13.1 cm) WA.PA.77.3884, Pissarro Family Gift, 1952
Wood engraving on thin, off-white Japanese paper, 10 × 14.7 cm WA2003.888. Accepted by HM Government in lieu of inheritance tax on the estate of John Bensusan-Butt and allocated to the Ashmolean, 2003
Lucien Pissarro (1863–1944) Salomé
Gwendolen Mary Raverat (1885–1957) Bowl Players in Sunlight, aka Bowl Players in France, 1922
© Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford
© Estate of Gwen Raverat
4
5
3
4
Wood engraving on thin, off-white Japanese paper, 17.5 × 17.9 cm WA1954.157.36. Presented by Thomas Balston, 1954
Wood engraving on thin, off-white Japanese paper, 16.7 × 12.9 cm WA1981.620. Presented by Brian North Lee, 1981
Robert John Gibbings (1889–1958) Tulips, 1922
Douglas Percy Bliss (1900–84) Gargoyles Spouting, 1925
© Estate of Robert Gibbings
6
© Estate of Douglas Percy Bliss
7
3
4
Wood engraving on thin, off-white Japanese paper, 17.5 × 17.9 cm WA1954.157.36. Presented by Thomas Balston, 1954
Wood engraving on thin, off-white Japanese paper, 16.7 × 12.9 cm WA1981.620. Presented by Brian North Lee, 1981
Robert John Gibbings (1889–1958) Tulips, 1922
Douglas Percy Bliss (1900–84) Gargoyles Spouting, 1925
© Estate of Robert Gibbings
6
© Estate of Douglas Percy Bliss
7
5
6
Wood engraving on off-white paper, 13.4 × 11.4 cm WA1971.10. Purchased, 1971
Wood engraving on cream paper, 17.7 × 12.7 cm LI300.366. On loan from the Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers (RE)
Paul Nash (1889–1946) Design of Arches, 1926
Nora Spicer Unwin (1907–82) Teazle, aka Teazle and Grasses, 1931
© Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford
8
© Estate of Nora S. Unwin
9
5
6
Wood engraving on off-white paper, 13.4 × 11.4 cm WA1971.10. Purchased, 1971
Wood engraving on cream paper, 17.7 × 12.7 cm LI300.366. On loan from the Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers (RE)
Paul Nash (1889–1946) Design of Arches, 1926
Nora Spicer Unwin (1907–82) Teazle, aka Teazle and Grasses, 1931
© Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford
8
© Estate of Nora S. Unwin
9
7
Claughton Pellew (1890–1966) The Entombment, 1930 (this impression dated 1931)
8
Wood engraving on off-white paper, 37 × 28.2 cm WA2003.274. Presented by Anne Stevens, 2003
Wood engraving on white paper, 18.2 × 23.4 cm WA1984.173. Presented by Eleanor Joan Ellis in memory of the artist, 1984
© Estate of Claughton Pellew
10
Mary Elizabeth Groom (1903–58) The Wake, 1931
© Estate of Mary Elizabeth Groom
11
7
Claughton Pellew (1890–1966) The Entombment, 1930 (this impression dated 1931)
8
Wood engraving on off-white paper, 37 × 28.2 cm WA2003.274. Presented by Anne Stevens, 2003
Wood engraving on white paper, 18.2 × 23.4 cm WA1984.173. Presented by Eleanor Joan Ellis in memory of the artist, 1984
© Estate of Claughton Pellew
10
Mary Elizabeth Groom (1903–58) The Wake, 1931
© Estate of Mary Elizabeth Groom
11
25
26
Wood engraving on white paper, 14.6 × 9.5 cm WA1964.75.1081. Presented by Arthur Mitchell, 1964
Wood engraving on white paper, 20.2 × 15.2 cm WA1994.56. Presented by the artist, 1994
Joan Hassall (1906–88) The Old Tree, 1950
James Edward Bostock (1917–2006) Cacti, 1953
© Estate of Joan Hassall
28
© Estate of James Bostock
29
25
26
Wood engraving on white paper, 14.6 × 9.5 cm WA1964.75.1081. Presented by Arthur Mitchell, 1964
Wood engraving on white paper, 20.2 × 15.2 cm WA1994.56. Presented by the artist, 1994
Joan Hassall (1906–88) The Old Tree, 1950
James Edward Bostock (1917–2006) Cacti, 1953
© Estate of Joan Hassall
28
© Estate of James Bostock
29
29
30
Wood engraving on thin white paper, 7.7 × 10.2 cm WA1980.69. Purchased, 1980
Wood engraving on white paper, 37.9 × 27.7 cm WA1977.307. Presented by the artist, 1977
Richard Shirley Smith (1935–) Roma, 1961
William Thomas Rawlinson (1912–93) Graveyard of the Giants, 1968
© Richard Shirley Smith
© Estate of William Thomas Rawlinson
32
33
29
30
Wood engraving on thin white paper, 7.7 × 10.2 cm WA1980.69. Purchased, 1980
Wood engraving on white paper, 37.9 × 27.7 cm WA1977.307. Presented by the artist, 1977
Richard Shirley Smith (1935–) Roma, 1961
William Thomas Rawlinson (1912–93) Graveyard of the Giants, 1968
© Richard Shirley Smith
© Estate of William Thomas Rawlinson
32
33
32
31
George William Tute (1933–) Sunflower Field, 1971
Geoffrey Wales (1912–90) October Landscape, 1970–1
Wood engraving (boxwood) on ivory laid paper, 41 × 31 cm WA2011.52. Presented by the artist, 2011
Wood engraving on white paper, 11.3 × 11.3 cm WA1993.510. Presented by Mrs Marjorie Wales, the artist’s widow, 1993 © Estate of Geoffrey Wales
© George Tute
34
35
32
31
George William Tute (1933–) Sunflower Field, 1971
Geoffrey Wales (1912–90) October Landscape, 1970–1
Wood engraving (boxwood) on ivory laid paper, 41 × 31 cm WA2011.52. Presented by the artist, 2011
Wood engraving on white paper, 11.3 × 11.3 cm WA1993.510. Presented by Mrs Marjorie Wales, the artist’s widow, 1993 © Estate of Geoffrey Wales
© George Tute
34
35
33
Garrick Salisbury Palmer (1933–) Moby Dick, 1974 For Moby Dick by Herman Melville, Folio Society, 1974 Wood engraving on white paper, 17.2 × 10.3 cm WA2016.86.196. Bequeathed by Sheila Hönigsberg, 2016 © Garrick Palmer
36
34
Peter Thomas Blake (1932–) Side-Show: Giant, 1974–8 Wood engraving on beige Japanese Tonosawa paper, 15.3 × 12.8 cm WA1996.389. Purchased, 1996 © Peter Blake. All rights reserved, DACS 2019
37
33
Garrick Salisbury Palmer (1933–) Moby Dick, 1974 For Moby Dick by Herman Melville, Folio Society, 1974 Wood engraving on white paper, 17.2 × 10.3 cm WA2016.86.196. Bequeathed by Sheila Hönigsberg, 2016 © Garrick Palmer
36
34
Peter Thomas Blake (1932–) Side-Show: Giant, 1974–8 Wood engraving on beige Japanese Tonosawa paper, 15.3 × 12.8 cm WA1996.389. Purchased, 1996 © Peter Blake. All rights reserved, DACS 2019
37
45
Anne Julie Desmet (1964–) St Paul’s: Lights, 2014 Wood engraving (holly wood) on ivory-white Japanese Gampi Vellum paper, 22.2 × 17.5 cm WA2014.79.4. Purchased (Ashmolean SWE Fund), 2014 © Anne Desmet
48