Bob Kay, Author at Modern British Gallery

‘Seated Studies’ £200

Signed and dated 1909. Large study in sanguin conte pastel, measuring 44cm x 63cm. Estate stamped verso and numbered 683. Repair to sheet bottom left. Conservation mounted

‘Pastoral’ £200

Study in sanguin conte pastel, large study measuring 47cm x 60cm. Estate stamped verso and numbered 898. Conservation mounted

‘Sopley’ £175

Signed (bottom right) watercolour, titled verso. (The very lightest foxing visible when scrutinised – Not distracting. Mentioned for accuracy only) Measures 33cm x 53cm. Conservation mounted.

‘Graces’ £125

Study in sanguin conte pastel, measuring 16cm x 21cm. Estate stamped verso and numbered 1259. Conservation mounted.

‘Four Studies’ £175

Studies in sanguin conte pastel, measuring 35cm x 50cm overall. Estate stamped bottom right and numbered 886. Conservation mounted.

‘Welsh Castle’ (1944) £200

Signed (bottom right) watercolour, titled verso. Measures 40cm x 50cm. Conservation mounted.

‘Standing Scribe’ £125

Study in sanguin conte pastel, measuring 21cm x 16cm. Estate stamped verso and numbered 1258. Fold bottom left. Conservation mounted.

‘Reclining Nude’ £200

Study in sanguin conte pastel, measuring 24xm x 46cm. Estate stamped verso and numbered 866. Conservation mounted.

‘Cornwall’ £175

Signed (bottom right) watercolour, titled verso. Measures 33cm x 53cm. Conservation mounted.

‘Double Pose’ £175

Study in sanguin conte pastel, measuring 41cm x 50cm. Estate stamped verso and numbered 882. Repaired tear top left. Conservation mounted.

‘Wiltshire’ £200

Signed (bottom right) watercolour, titled verso. (The very lightest foxing visible when scrutinised – Not distracting. Mentioned for accuracy only) Measures 33cm x 53cm. Conservation mounted.

‘Dover’ (1929) SOLD

Signed watercolour, dated 1929, measuring 23.5cm x 30.5cm. Provenance verso: Ruskin Gallery. Framed.

BERNARD DUNSTAN ‘Morning, Viterbo’ (1974) SOLD

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.

DETAILS

‘Llangloffan’ (1980) SOLD

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) SOLD

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

‘Christchurch, Oxford’ (1959) SOLD

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

DETAIL

‘Canal’, Tempera on gesso (1936) SOLD

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.

Author: Bob Kay