Box of Delights

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

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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

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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

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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

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© Estate of Douglas Percy Bliss

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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

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© Estate of Douglas Percy Bliss

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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

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© Estate of Nora S. Unwin

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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

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© Estate of Nora S. Unwin

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Claughton Pellew (1890–1966) The Entombment, 1930 (this impression dated 1931)

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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

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Mary Elizabeth Groom (1903–58) The Wake, 1931

© Estate of Mary Elizabeth Groom

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Claughton Pellew (1890–1966) The Entombment, 1930 (this impression dated 1931)

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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

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Mary Elizabeth Groom (1903–58) The Wake, 1931

© Estate of Mary Elizabeth Groom

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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

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© Estate of James Bostock

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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

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© Estate of James Bostock

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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