Austin / Desmond Fine Art
David Jones

David Jones (1895 - 1974)

Drawings on a Prospectus, 1933

Pen and ink
63.5 x 50.8 cm

Drawn on a printed prospectus for 'Engravings 1928-1933 by Eric Gill', printed by Hague and Gill, published by Faber and Faber, 1934. On a Royal size sheet folded into four. With the publication title, colophon and limitation, text and two illustrations of Gill engravings. Including various pencil notes and alterations ie. 'Mr Hague will not pass these'. Both sides of the sheet over by Jones. The subjects include: - Nude female swimming the channel, Bust of a women, Wild dog and laurel tree, Overlapping profiles, Woman's head in profile (Alelia), Woman's head in profile (Lydia), Two Dogs (one biting a leg, and a Dancer annotated 'wear sox'.

Exhibited
David Jones, Austin/Desmond Fine Art, Bloomsbury, 1988, No.37

Drawings on a Prospectus

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