Bob Kay, Author at Modern British Gallery

BERNARD DUNSTAN ‘Morning, Viterbo’ (1974) £175 SALE £90

Signed lithograph, printed by Curwen, 1974, in numbered edition of 150. Image measures 31.5cm x 30cm, full sheet measures 47.5 x 43cm.

‘Reflections on a Mackerel Morning’ (1972) £675 RESERVED

Oil on canvas, with linen collage. This relates to ‘Reflections on a Mackerel Morning’, Christies, 22nd October 1997, lot 48, which sold for £2000 hammer. The canvas measures 50cm x 75cm. The frame is original and adequate. Signed twice verso, with artist’s address, and title.

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‘Llangloffan’ (1980) £225

Pencil signed off-set lithograph, limited to edition of 750. Blind stamp by Fine Art Trade Guild. Published by The Cavendish Collection in 1980.Size: Image – 39.5cm x 57.5cm. Full sheet – 53cm x 69.5cm (complete, ie. uncut). Conservation mounted.

‘Hyde Park Corner’ (1957) £175

Signed lithograph, image measuring 33.5cm x 51cm plus borders. Conservation mounted.

‘Christchurch, Oxford’ (1959) £125

Signed lithograph, numbered edition of 30. Image measures 32cm x 45cm plus borders. Conservation mounted.

‘Reclining Figures’ (1989) SOLD

Signed watercolour and ink, measuring 18cm x 12.5cm. Dated to border. Conservation mounted.

‘Water of Minnoch’ (1944) SOLD

A detailed signed watercolour, conte and Indian ink, dated 1944, measuring 37cm x 55cm. Conservation mounted.

‘A Gentleman’ (1944) SOLD

An exceptional pastel portrait, signed and dated 1944. Measures 45cm x 33cm. Conservation mouted.

‘Book of Jonah’ (1979) £295

Hardcover. Condition: Excellent. A fine copy with decorative binding and cloth spine with gilt lettering. With slip case. 13 superb wood engravings printed from the original wood-blocks by David Jones. no. 89/300 copies on J.Green mould-made paper. Printed by Will Carter at The Rampant Lions Press Cambridge the engravings being printed separately from the text.

‘Female Form’ (1997) £325

Rare original Indian ink study, inscribed and signed verso ‘For Bob Kay, Anthony Abrahams, March 2205.’ Measures 22cm x 19cm. Conservation mounted. Provenance : Bought directly from the artist, by me.

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‘Canal’, Tempera on gesso (1936) £175

Large tempera on gesso on board, measuring 65cm x 50cm. Signed and dated verso. Conservation mounted.

‘Garden of Caresses I’ (1934) £200

Original etching, signed and dated. From the deluxe edition of approximately 25 specially printed copies published by the Golden Cockerel Press. 1934. Plate measures 7.5cm x 5cm. Conservation mounted.

‘Garden of Caresses II’ (1934) £200

‘Garden of Caresses III’ (1934) £200

‘Emancipation of Woman’ (1929) £295

Signed wood engraving, numbered edition of 30. Titled in full, numbered, and signed to border. Block measures 18cm x 10cm, plus full borders. Printed on Japon. Framed.

ERIC GILL ‘Crucifix’ £50

Wood engraving (13cm x 8cm) on full sheet (33.2cm x 24cm, gilt edged sheet) as published. Printed from block, 1929, Douglas Cleverdon.

ERIC GILL ‘Hog and Wheatsheaf’ SOLD

Wood engraving (13.5cm x 13.5cm) on full sheet (33.2cm x 24cm, gilt edged sheet) as published. Printed from block, 1929, Douglas Cleverdon.

ERIC GILL ‘Crucifix, Chalice and Host’ £50

Wood engraving (13cm x 8.3cm) on full sheet (33.2cm x 24cm, gilt edged sheet) as published. Printed from block, 1929, Douglas Cleverdon.

DAVID JONES ‘Petra’ £50

Original wood engraving, printed from the block (9.5 x 7cm), on hand made Hodomura paper (full sheet 30.5cm x 23.5cm). This edition was printed in a limited edition of 75. The edition was printed by Clover Hill in 1981.

DAVID JONES ‘Nativity with Shepherds and Animals’ £50

Original wood engraving, printed from the block (7.6 x 9.6cm), on hand made Hodomura paper (full sheet 30.5cm x 23.5cm). This edition was printed in a limited edition of 75. The edition was printed by Clover Hill in 1981.

DAVID JONES ‘Family at The Hearth’ £50

Original wood engraving, printed from the block (7.7 x 9.5cm), on hand made Hodomura paper (full sheet 30.5cm x 23.5cm). This edition was printed in a limited edition of 75. The edition was printed by Clover Hill in 1981.

DAVID JONES ‘Candlemas’ £50

DAVID JONES – 2 wood engravings

Two original wood engraving, ‘Crucifixion / Employer and wage-slave’ and ‘Husband leaving wife’, printed from the block (largest 7.5 x 9.3cm), on hand made Hodomura paper (full sheet 30.5cm x 23.5cm). This edition was printed in a limited edition of 75. The edition was printed by Clover Hill in 1981.

DAVID JONES ‘Jesus before Pilate’ £50

ERIC GILL ‘Ascension’ £50

Wood engraving (14cm x 8.8cm) on full sheet (33.2cm x 24cm, gilt edged sheet) as published. Printed from block, 1929, Douglas Cleverdon.

ERIC GILL ‘Christ and The Money Changers’ £50

Wood engraving (14cm x 9cm) on full sheet (33.2cm x 24cm, gilt edged sheet) as published. Printed from block, 1929, Douglas Cleverdon.

ERIC GILL ‘Autumn Midnight’ SOLD

Wood engraving (11.6cm x 7.9cm) on full sheet (33.2cm x 24cm, gilt edged sheet) as published. Printed from block, 1929, Douglas Cleverdon.

ERIC GILL – 2 wood engravings £50

2 wood engravings ‘S Helena’ and S Angela Merici’ Largest wood engraving 8cm x 3.3cm on full sheet (33.2cm x 24cm, gilt edged sheet) as published. Printed from block, 1929, Douglas Cleverdon.

ERIC GILL – 5 wood engravings £50

5 wood engravings ‘Initial ‘S’ with Church’, etc.’ Largest wood engraving 3cm x 9.3cm on full sheet (33.2cm x 24cm, gilt edged sheet) as published. Printed from block, 1929, Douglas Cleverdon.

ERIC GILL – 6 wood engravings £50

6 wood engravings ‘Spray of leaves’, etc.’ Largest wood engraving 4.5cm x 4.5cm on full sheet (33.2cm x 24cm, gilt edged sheet) as published. Printed from block, 1929, Douglas Cleverdon.

ERIC GILL – 3 wood engravings £50

3 wood engravings Calvary’, ‘Five stalks of leaves’ & ‘Ship’. Largest wood engraving 5cm x 8cm on full sheet (33.2cm x 24cm, gilt edged sheet) as published. Printed from block, 1929, Douglas Cleverdon.

ERIC GILL ‘The Purchaser’ £50

Wood engraving (12.8cm x 8cm) on full sheet (33.2cm x 24cm, gilt edged sheet) as published. Printed from block, 1929, Douglas Cleverdon.

ERIC GILL ‘Dumb-Driven Cattle’ £50

Wood engraving (9cm x 8.2cm) on full sheet (33.2cm x 24cm, gilt edged sheet) as published. Printed from block, 1929, Douglas Cleverdon.

ERIC GILL ‘Hottentot’ £50

Wood engraving (19.7cm x 4.5cm) on full sheet (33.2cm x 24cm, gilt edged sheet) as published. Printed from block, 1929, Douglas Cleverdon.

DAVID JONES – 2 wood engravings £50

‘Family before Crucifix / Man in Pub’ and ‘Officer and Politicians’. Two wood engravings. Original wood engraving, printed from the block (largest 7.5 x 9.5cm), on hand made Hodomura paper (full sheet 30.5cm x 23.5cm). This edition was printed in a limited edition of 75. The edition was printed by Clover Hill in 1981.

DAVID JONES – 2 wood engravings £50

‘Death of Absalom / Jesus The carpenter’ and ‘Cain kills Abel / The Raising of Lazarus’. Two wood engravings. Original wood engraving, printed from the block (largest 7.7 x 9.3cm), on hand made Hodomura paper (full sheet 30.5cm x 23.5cm). This edition was printed in a limited edition of 75. The edition was printed by […]

DAVID JONES – 2 wood engravings £50

‘Mammon and Worshippers / Elevation of The Host’ and ‘Welfare Speaker / Crucifixion’. Two wood engravings. Original wood engraving, printed from the block (largest 7.7 x 9.2cm), on hand made Hodomura paper (full sheet 30.5cm x 23.5cm). This edition was printed in a limited edition of 75. The edition was printed by Clover Hill in […]

DAVID JONES – 2 wood engravings £50

‘Aspidistra’ and ‘Witanbel Waterloo’. Two wood engravings. Original wood engraving, printed from the block (largest 5.3 x 5cm), on hand made Hodomura paper (full sheet 30.5cm x 23.5cm). This edition was printed in a limited edition of 75. The edition was printed by Clover Hill in 1981.

ERIC GILL ‘Girl with Deer’ £50

Wood engraving (6cm x 6.3cm) on full sheet (33.2cm x 24cm, gilt edged sheet) as published. Printed from block, 1929, Douglas Cleverdon.

ERIC GILL ‘The Lion’ £50

Wood engraving (5.5cm x 7.5cm) on full sheet (33.2cm x 24cm, gilt edged sheet) as published. Printed from block, 1929, Douglas Cleverdon.

ERIC GILL ‘Dress : 1920’ £50

Wood engraving (9cm x 7.5cm) on full sheet (33.2cm x 24cm, gilt edged sheet) as published. Printed from block, 1929, Douglas Cleverdon.

ERIC GILL ‘Dress : 1860’ £50

Wood engraving (7cm x 5.2cm) on full sheet (33.2cm x 24cm, gilt edged sheet) as published. Printed from block, 1929, Douglas Cleverdon.

ERIC GILL ‘The Plait’ SOLD

Wood engraving (16.5cm x 10cm) on full sheet (33.2cm x 24cm, gilt edged sheet) as published. Printed from block, 1929, Douglas Cleverdon.

ERIC GILL ‘Clare’ £50

Wood engraving (16.5cm x 11.5cm) on full sheet (33.2cm x 24cm, gilt edged sheet) as published. Printed from block, 1929, Douglas Cleverdon.

ERIC GILL ‘Actor on Stage’ £50

Wood engraving (10.7cm x 18cm) on full sheet (33.2cm x 24cm, gilt edged sheet) as published. Printed from block, 1929, Douglas Cleverdon.

ERIC GILL ‘Initial ‘I’ with Witch’ £50

15 Wood engravings (average 2cm x 3cm) on full sheet (33.2cm x 24cm, gilt edged sheet) as published. Printed from block, 1929, Douglas Cleverdon.

ERIC GILL ‘Toilet’ £50

Wood engraving (11cm x 6.4cm) on full sheet (33.2cm x 24cm, gilt edged sheet) as published. Printed from block, 1929, Douglas Cleverdon.

DAVID JONES ‘Christ sending forth His Disciples’ £50

Original wood engraving, printed from the block (5.3 x 10.3cm), on hand made Hodomura paper (full sheet 30.5cm x 23.5cm). This edition was printed in a limited edition of 75. The edition was printed by Clover Hill in 1981.

DAVID JONES ‘Our Lady was a Milkmaid £50

Original wood engraving, printed from the block (10.5 x 5.7cm), on hand made Hodomura paper (full sheet 30.5cm x 23.5cm). This edition was printed in a limited edition of 75. The edition was printed by Clover Hill in 1981.

DAVID JONES – 2 wood engravings £50

‘Madonna and Child, with SS Dominic and Francis’ and ‘Nativity with Cross and Star’. Two wood engravings. Original wood engraving, printed from the block (largest 10.6 x 6.8cm), on hand made Hodomura paper (full sheet 30.5cm x 23.5cm). This edition was printed in a limited edition of 75. The edition was printed by Clover Hill […]

DAVID JONES – 2 wood engravings £50

‘Dominican Friar’ and ‘St Dominic blessing Friar’. Two wood engravings. Original wood engraving, printed from the block (largest 5.5 x 10.3cm), on hand made Hodomura paper (full sheet 30.5cm x 23.5cm). This edition was printed in a limited edition of 75. The edition was printed by Clover Hill in 1981.

DAVID JONES – 2 wood engravings £50

‘Arthur J Penty’ and ‘Satan embracing Angel’. Two wood engravings. Original wood engraving, printed from the block (largest 8.1 x 5.5cm), on hand made Hodomura paper (full sheet 30.5cm x 23.5cm). This edition was printed in a limited edition of 75. The edition was printed by Clover Hill in 1981.

DAVID JONES ‘The Bride’ SOLD

Original wood engraving, printed from the block (11.5 x 12.3cm), on hand made Hodomura paper (full sheet 30.5cm x 23.5cm). This edition was printed in a limited edition of 75. The edition was printed by Clover Hill in 1981.

DAVID JONES ‘The Resurrection of Christ’ £50

Original wood engraving, printed from the block (8.5 x 7.5cm), on hand made Hodomura paper (full sheet 30.5cm x 23.5cm). This edition was printed in a limited edition of 75. The edition was printed by Clover Hill in 1981.

DAVID JONES ‘The Tempest’ £50

Original wood engraving, printed from the block (17.7 x 12.7cm), on hand made Hodomura paper (full sheet 30.5cm x 23.5cm). This edition was printed in a limited edition of 75. The edition was printed by Clover Hill in 1981.

ERIC GILL ‘Elizabeth Gill’ £50

Etching (17.7cm x 12.4cm) on full sheet (33.2cm x 24cm, gilt edged sheet) as published. Printed from plate, 1929, Douglas Cleverdon.

ERIC GILL ‘Gordian Gill’ £50

Etching (20.2cm x 14.8cm) on full sheet (33.2cm x 24cm, gilt edged sheet) as published. Printed from plate, 1929, Douglas Cleverdon.

ERIC GILL ‘Portrait of a lady’ £50

Etching (17.7cm x 11.2cm) on full sheet (33.2cm x 24cm, gilt edged sheet) as published. Printed from plate, 1929, Douglas Cleverdon.

ERIC GILL ‘The Prior of Caldey’ £50

Etching (25cm x 17.3cm) on full sheet (33.2cm x 24cm, gilt edged sheet) as published. Printed from plate, 1929, Douglas Cleverdon.

ERIC GILL ‘Bookplate : Mary Gill’ £50

Etching (6cm x 3cm) on full sheet (33.2cm x 24cm, gilt edged sheet) as published. Printed from plate, 1929, Douglas Cleverdon.

ERIC GILL ‘The Good Shepherd’ £50

Wood engraving (7.8cm x 4cm) on full sheet (33.2cm x 24cm, gilt edged sheet) as published. Printed from block, 1929, Douglas Cleverdon.

ERIC GILL ‘The carrying of The Cross’ £50

Wood engraving (11cm x 11.2cm) on full sheet (33.2cm x 24cm, gilt edged sheet) as published. Printed from block, 1929, Douglas Cleverdon.

ERIC GILL ‘Swineherd’ £50

Wood engraving (5.5cm x 8.5cm) on full sheet (33.2cm x 24cm, gilt edged sheet) as published. Printed from block, 1929, Douglas Cleverdon.

DAVID JONES ‘Apparitions’ £50

Original wood engraving, printed from the block (5.7 x 12.5cm), on hand made Hodomura paper (full sheet 30.5cm x 23.5cm). This edition was printed in a limited edition of 75. The edition was printed by Clover Hill in 1981.

DAVID JONES – 2 wood engravings £50

‘Young noble-man and lewd female’ and ‘Cockerel’. Two wood engravings. Original wood engraving, printed from the block (largest 5.7 x 6cm), on hand made Hodomura paper (full sheet 30.5cm x 23.5cm). This edition was printed in a limited edition of 75. The edition was printed by Clover Hill in 1981.

DAVID JONES – 2 wood engravings’ £50

‘Holy Ghost as Dove’ and ‘Nativity with Shepherds and Animals’. Two wood engravings. Original wood engraving, printed from the block (largest 6 x 6cm), on hand made Hodomura paper (full sheet 30.5cm x 23.5cm). This edition was printed in a limited edition of 75. The edition was printed by Clover Hill in 1981.

DAVID JONES – 2 wood engravings £50

‘Spode’ and ‘Pamela Riddick and Constance Gold’. Two wood engravings. Original wood engraving, printed from the block (largest 8.4 x 5.8cm), on hand made Hodomura paper (full sheet 30.5cm x 23.5cm). This edition was printed in a limited edition of 75. The edition was printed by Clover Hill in 1981.

DAVID JONES ‘Abraham Lincoln’ £50

Original wood engraving, printed from the block (11.5 x 8.3cm), on hand made Hodomura paper (full sheet 30.5cm x 23.5cm). This edition was printed in a limited edition of 75. The edition was printed by Clover Hill in 1981.

DAVID JONES ‘Octavia’ £50

Original wood engraving, printed from the block (11 x 8cm), on hand made Hodomura paper (full sheet 30.5cm x 23.5cm). This edition was printed in a limited edition of 75. The edition was printed by Clover Hill in 1981.

ERIC GILL ‘Thomas Esmond Lowinsky, Esq.’ £50

Wood engraving (26.8cm x 19.2cm) on full sheet (33.2cm x 24cm, gilt edged sheet) as published. Printed from block, 1929, Douglas Cleverdon.

ERIC GILL ‘Xenia Noelle Lowinsky’ £50

Wood engraving (22.5cm x 15.2cm) on full sheet (33.2cm x 24cm, gilt edged sheet) as published. Printed from block, 1929, Douglas Cleverdon.

ERIC GILL ‘Ruth Lowinsky’ £50

Wood engraving (22.5cm x 15.2cm) on full sheet (33.2cm x 24cm, gilt edged sheet) as published. Printed from block, 1929, Douglas Cleverdon.

ERIC GILL ‘Border : Lovers facing left’

Two wood engravings. Wood engraving (17.5cm x 3.5cm each) on full sheet (33.2cm x 24cm, gilt edged sheet) as published. Printed from block, 1929, Douglas Cleverdon.

ERIC GILL ‘Border : Our Lord on Tree’ £50

Wood engraving (17.5cm x 4cm) on full sheet (33.2cm x 24cm, gilt edged sheet) as published. Printed from block, 1929, Douglas Cleverdon.

ERIC GILL ‘Troilus and Criseyde’ £50

Wood engraving (18cm x 11cm) on full sheet (33.2cm x 24cm, gilt edged sheet) as published. Printed from block, 1929, Douglas Cleverdon.

DAVID JONES – 3 x Wood Engravings £50

‘Ship and long-boat in bay’, ‘Gulliver on bridge’ & ‘Eagle flies off with box.’ Three original wood engravings, printed from the block (largest 3.2cm x 12.5cm), on hand made Hodomura paper (full sheet 30.5cm x 23.5cm). This edition was printed in a limited edition of 75. The edition was printed by Clover Hill in 1981.

DAVID JONES ‘Female Yahoo embraces Gulliver’ £50

Original wood engraving, printed from the block (5.6 x 12.5cm), on hand made Hodomura paper (full sheet 30.5cm x 23.5cm). This edition was printed in a limited edition of 75. The edition was printed by Clover Hill in 1981.

DAVID JONES ‘Map of The Third Voyage’ SOLD

Original wood engraving, printed from the block (17.3 x 12.9cm), on hand made Hodomura paper (full sheet 30.5cm x 23.5cm). This edition was printed in a limited edition of 75. The edition was printed by Clover Hill in 1981.

DAVID JONES ‘Gulliver seized by a monkey’ £50

Original wood engraving, printed from the block (12.5 x 5cm), on hand made Hodomura paper (full sheet 30.5cm x 23.5cm). This edition was printed in a limited edition of 75. The edition was printed by Clover Hill in 1981.

DAVID JONES ‘Gulliver cuts down trees’ £50

Original wood engraving, printed from the block (12.5 x 3.4cm), on hand made Hodomura paper (full sheet 30.5cm x 23.5cm). This edition was printed in a limited edition of 75. The edition was printed by Clover Hill in 1981.

ERIC GILL ‘Miss R. Rothenstein’ £50

Etching (25cm x 17.3cm) on full sheet (33.2cm x 24cm, gilt edged sheet) as published. Printed from plate, 1929, Douglas Cleverdon.

ERIC GILL ‘Clothes : For Dignity and Adornment’ £50

Etching (11.3cm x 6.8cm) on full sheet (33.2cm x 24cm, gilt edged sheet) as published. Printed from plate, 1929, Douglas Cleverdon.

ERIC GILL ‘The Good Shepherd’ £50

Wood engraving (8cm x 4.2cm) on full sheet (33.2cm x 24cm, gilt edged sheet) as published. Printed from block, 1929, Douglas Cleverdon.

ERIC GILL ‘Girl with three scallops’ £50

Etching (8.8cm x 5.5cm) on full sheet (33.2cm x 24cm, gilt edged sheet) as published. Printed from plate, 1929, Douglas Cleverdon.

‘Landscape 1’ £175

Pencil signed watercolour measuring 32cm x 41cm. Conservation mounted.

‘Landscape 2’ £175

Pencil signed watercolour measuring 31cm x 47cm. Conservation mounted.

‘Landscape 3’ £175

Pencil signed watercolour measuring 36cm x 47cm. Conservation mounted.

Edward Bawden ‘Mountains’ (1954) £30

Original lithograph, 1st edition 1954, published by Faber and Faber. Intact in booklet, lithograph measures 20cm x 11cm. Booklet intact. Gentle folding. Lithograph can be framed without dismantling the soft cover booklet, as intended by Faber. Conservation mounting of main colour image offered at no additional cost.

Robin Jacques ‘The Winnowing Dream’ (1954) £30

Original lithograph, 1st edition 1954, published by Faber and Faber. Intact in booklet, lithograph measures 20cm x 11cm. Two additional lithographic vignettes. Booklet intact. Lithograph can be framed without dismantling the soft cover booklet, as intended by Faber. Conservation mounting of main colour image offered at no additional cost.

David Jones ‘Gum Trees’ (1930) £45

Original lithograph, printed by Curwen, published by Faber & Gwyer. Additional vignette to front cover. Booklet intact. Very slight ‘ghosting’ to right side of main image due to overlap of illustrated dust wrapper (very typical). Lithograph can be framed without dismantling the soft cover booklet, as intended by Faber. Main image sheet measures 18.4cm x […]

Eric Gill ‘Gloria in Profundis’ (1927) £45

Original lithograph, printed by Curwen, published by Faber & Gwyer. Additional vignette to front cover. Booklet intact. Lithograph can be framed without dismantling the soft cover booklet, as intended by Faber. Main image sheet measures 18.4cm x 12cm.

Edward Bawden ‘Popular Song’ (1927) £45

John Piper ‘Prometheus’ (1954) £75

Original lithograph, 1st edition 1954, published by Faber and Faber. Intact in booklet, lithograph measures 20cm x 11cm. Two additional lithographic vignettes. Booklet intact. Lithograph mounted without dismantling the soft cover booklet, as intended by Faber.

Author: Bob Kay