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Jack Butler Yeats RHA (1871-1957)
THE CUTTLE-FISH
woodcut in colours
signed in the plate lower right
6 x 3¾in. (15.24 x 9.53cm)
Estimate €200-€300 (approx £174-£261)
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PercyWyndham Lewis (1882-1957)
THE ENEMY. A REVIEW OF ART AND LITERATURE
[VOL. I] JANUARY 1927
first edition in red leather boards
signed by British artist Helen Kapp and dated [1927]
in blue ink on first (advertisement )page
11¼ x 7½in. (28.58 x 19.05cm)
Provenance:
Collection of George and Maura McClelland
Wyndham Lewis founded, edited and published
The Enemy. He was a contemporary of T.S. Eliot
and Ezra Pund and author of novels such as The
Revenge for Love, The Apes of God, and Tarr as well
as a visual artist. His portrait of Eliot can be found in
the Durban Art Gallery in South Africa. Helen Kapp
(1901-1978) - whose signature appears on this copy
- was a British painter, illustrator, wood engraver
and curator. She studied at the Slade School of Fine
Art, the Central School of Arts and Crafts and also
in Paris and exhibited at the Royal Academy among
other institutions.
Also with this lot is a Carte du Jour designed by
Wyndham Lewis for the Restaurant de la Tour Eiffel,
1. Percy Street, Tottenham Court Road, London W.
Estimate €60-€80 (approx £52-£69)
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