Author: Helen Binyon
Title: Eric Ravilious: Memoir of an Artist
Description: Guildford and London, Lutterworth Press, 1983. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated memoir of British painter and designed Eric William Ravilious. First edition. Illustrated throughout with over one hundred copies, twenty-five of which are in colour. A biographical study of Eric William Ravilious, a British painter, designer, book illustrator and wood-engraver. He is particularly known for his watercolours of the South Downs, Castle Hedingham and other English landscapes, which examine English landscape with a modernist sensibility. He served as a war artist, and was the first British war artist to die on active service in the Second World War when the aircraft he was in was lost off Iceland. Written by Helen Francesca Mary Binyon, a British artist and writer. With ephemera, being: three postcards of Ravilious' work, a catalogue entitled "Eric Ravilious Watercolours 1940-2", a pamphlet from the Fine Art Society, and a catalogue of his works from the Arts Council of Great Britain for a memorial exhibition. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, excellent. Original unclipped dust wrapper is smart with light wear to the extremities and minor sunning to the spine. A small spit to the head of the time. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean. A contemporary ink inscription to the front endpaper. Fine . Ill.: Not Stated. Fine/Very Good Indeed.
Keywords: Ravilious Memoir Artist Binyon Memoir Not Stated
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Title: Eric Ravilious: Memoir of an Artist
Description: Guildford and London, Lutterworth Press, 1983. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated memoir of British painter and designed Eric William Ravilious. First edition. Illustrated throughout with over one hundred copies, twenty-five of which are in colour. A biographical study of Eric William Ravilious, a British painter, designer, book illustrator and wood-engraver. He is particularly known for his watercolours of the South Downs, Castle Hedingham and other English landscapes, which examine English landscape with a modernist sensibility. He served as a war artist, and was the first British war artist to die on active service in the Second World War when the aircraft he was in was lost off Iceland. Written by Helen Francesca Mary Binyon, a British artist and writer. With ephemera, being: three postcards of Ravilious' work, a catalogue entitled "Eric Ravilious Watercolours 1940-2", a pamphlet from the Fine Art Society, and a catalogue of his works from the Arts Council of Great Britain for a memorial exhibition. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, excellent. Original unclipped dust wrapper is smart with light wear to the extremities and minor sunning to the spine. A small spit to the head of the time. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean. A contemporary ink inscription to the front endpaper. Fine . Ill.: Not Stated. Fine/Very Good Indeed.
Keywords: Ravilious Memoir Artist Binyon Memoir Not Stated
Price: GBP 70.00 = appr. US$ 99.96 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: 957T71
- Book number: 957T71
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