Artist: Robert Capa (Hungarian, 1913-1954). Title: "Omaha Beach, Normandy, France: D-Day, June 6, 1944 ["The Face in the Surf"] [large format]". Medium: Original photogravure. Date: Composed 1944. Printed 1979. Dimensions: Overall size: 11 5/8 x 15 3/4 in. (295 x 400 mm). Image size: 8 5/8 x 13 1/4 in. (219 x 337 mm).Pricing: Starting Price: $1,200 Reserve Price: N.A. Auction Sale Price Estimate: $1,500/1,800Lot Note(s): Stamped with the photographer's name, verso. Edition size unknown. High-grade archival paper. Ample margins. Fine, quality printing. Very good to fine condition. Comment(s): This image is the most famous of the 11 surviving photographs taken by Capa on D-Day. In recent times these works have become known as “The Magnificent Eleven.” The soldier in the picture is generally considered to be Private First Class Huston (Hu) S. Riley, Section 2, Fox Company, 2nd Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment. Image copyright © The International Center of Photography. [27185-3-1200-NA]
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![Artist: Chin-San Long [lang jingshan/lang ching-shan] (Chinese, 1892-1995). Title: "Feuilles de bambou". Medium: Original vin](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/4ac20cf5-423c-4768-b66a-b1b901843064/d2504fbf-9a3d-4cc0-ad7f-b1e90030f842/468x382.jpg)
Artist: Chin-San Long [lang jingshan/lang ching-shan] (Chinese, 1892-1995). Title: "Feuilles de bambou". Medium: Original vintage photogravure. Date: Composed c1935. Printed 1935. Dimensions: Image size: 11 3/4 x 9 1/8 in. (298 x 232 mm).Pricing: Starting Price: $300 Reserve Price: N.A. Auction Sale Price Estimate: $400/500Lot Note(s): Stamped with the photographer's name, verso. Edition unknown, presumed small. High-grade archival paper. Printed to the edge of the sheet. Fine, quality printing. Very good condition; affixed to very thin and supple archival acid-free support sheet, not mount/board. Comment(s): Lang Jingshan, also Romanized as Long Chin-san and Lang Ching-shan, was a pioneering photographer and one of the first Chinese photojournalists. He has been called "indisputably the most prominent figure in the history of Chinese art photography", and the "Father of Asian Photography". He joined the Royal Photographic Society in 1937, gaining his Associateship in 1940 and his Fellowship in 1942. In 1980, the Photographic Society of America named him one of the world's top ten master photographers. He was the first Chinese photographer to take artistic nude shots, and was also known for the unique "composite photography" technique he created. Image copyright © The Estate of Chin-san Long. [23916-2-300-NA]
Artist: Andy Warhol (American, 1928 - 1987). Title: "Christmas card: Fruit Basket". Medium: Original vintage color offset lithograph. Date: Composed 1960. Printed 1960. Dimensions: Overall size: 6 7/16 x 5 1/16 in. (164 x 129 mm).Pricing: Starting Price: $600 Reserve Price: N.A. Auction Sale Price Estimate: $800/1,000Lot Note(s): Signed in black marker, center left. Edition unknown, presumed small. Light cream wove paper. The full sheet. Fine impression. Fine condition; fold as issued; unused; blank interior; lot includes original unused Tiffany envelope (embossed "Tiffany & Co. Makers New York"), also in fine condition. Literature/catalogue raisonne: Paul Marechal, “Andy Warhol Ephemera…Catalogue Raisonne, 1950-1987.” Lyon, France: Les amis du Musee de l’Imprimerie, 2018, Section 3, no. 12d; John Loring, “Greetings from Andy (Warhol): Christmas at Tiffany’s.” New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 2004. Comment(s): Warhol's lifetime Tiffany Christmas cards are rare, and extremely rare signed. The most recent sale price we found of a card, unsigned and without the envelope, was $3,000 at Christie's New York, December 1st, 2014, lot #62. In 1956, in addition to all the work Warhol was getting drawing shoes and bags, he was commissioned to design Christmas cards for Tiffany & Co. on Fifth Avenue in New York City. Warhol's cards were then published by Tiffany's every Christmas up to 1962, the year he started to exhibit his paintings of soup cans. Our example offered here is from the original first printing in 1960. The cards were subsequently reprinted in a slightly larger size in 1980. Image copyright © Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. [28737-1-600-NA]
JM Richards (Editor) - "The Wood Engravings of Eric Ravilious", published by Lion & Unicorn Press, 1972, No.84/500, first edition, one volume in cream cloth with design blocks onto front cover, and slipcaseSlip case - some scattered marks but otherwise case is intact. Spine shows some even discolouration. This work appears to be in good condition with no obvious damage/loss/restoration.
Iron Man and Sub-Mariner No. 1 (Marvel comics, April 1968).Key Marvel first issue. Predates the publication of both Iron Man No. 1 and Sub-Mariner No. 1.From the Peter Judge Comic collection. This lot features:Iron Man and Sub-Mariner (one-shot) No. 1Creators: Story by Roy Thomas and Archie Goodwin, interior art and cover by Gene Colan.Issue complete without cut coupons, missing value stamps or missing pages.Issue comes bagged and boarded in polypropylene bag and comic board.1stprint, US Cents edition.(1)Condition Report: VG- (Very Good minus) condition (3.5)
Independent Comics: a mixed lot of 59 independent comics and magazines (Mixed publishers, 1980s onwards)From the Peter Judge Comic collection.This lot features titles including:Six From Sirius (complete set of 4), The Bradleys (Nos. 1, 2), Hate, Jizz, Palestine, Cereal Killings, The Bogie Man (Nos. 1, 2), Dreadstar E-Man, Huckleberry Hound (Gold Key Publishing), Flare First edition, Astro City, Mr Natural (Robert Crumb), The Spirit (Will Eisner Nos. 432, 57, 61, 62, 63, 64, 69), Spawn, My Secret Marriage, Breed, Sludge, The Adventures of Luther Arkwright Trident (Neil Gairman, Eddie Campbell, Grant Morrison) and other titles.Most copies 1st print US Cents editions.Issues complete without cut coupons or missing pages.Issues come bagged in new polypropylene bags.~(59)Condition Report: Majority of comics in lot in High-Grade condition.
Captain Britain No 1: featuring the 1stappearance of Captain Britain, signed by Stan Lee (Marvel UK, 1976).Magazine size weekly British edition comic published weekly by Marvel Comics International. First issue features 1stappearance of Captain Britain and origin of the Mask. Key Marvel 1stappearance issue. Signed by Stan Lee. From the Peter Judge Comic collection. Peter Judge was awarded the Marvel Mastermind of 1975 title, by Stan Lee and Herb Trimpe.This lot features:Captain Britain (Marvel UK) No. 1UK Pence copy.Issue complete without cut coupons, missing value stamps or missing pages. Issues come bagged in new polypropylene bags.Over size magazine format: 28cm x 21cm.~(1)Condition Report: Good condition.Mask gift absent.
Albin, Eleazar, A Natural History of Birds, Illustrated, 1731/38, first edition, volumes one and three, William Innys, London, colour illustrated plates, paper cover boards, leather spines (2). Note: Eleazar Albin (fl.1690-c.1742), was an English Naturalist and watercolorist illustrator. Along with 'A Natural History of Birds' he published works titled 'A Natural History of English Insects (1720) and 'A Natural History of Spiders and Other Curious Insects (1736), He is regarded as one of the great entomological book illustrators of the 18th Century. 'A Natural History of Birds boasts coloured illustrations by Albin and his daughter Elizabeth
A Clarice Cliff and Billie Waters Bon Jour teapot and cover. Decorated with abstract scroll design, black printed marks to base 'Designed by Billie Waters Produced in Bizarre by Clarice Cliff Wilkinson Ltd England Copyright Reserved First Edition 1934', height 14cm.Professional restoration to the spout and cover, small losses to enamels.
A rare 19th century Kynoch & Co cartridge catalogue, 16½" x 12½", with plain paper covers, comprising an introductory page to the first edition dated January 1882, 12 pages of actual size colour illustrations of cartridges from 4-bore shotgun down to .22", including rimfire, pinfire, Musket and Express for Westley Richards Rifles, different sizes for Gatling Gun, wrapped paper for Chassepot, Enfield and others, and 3 pages showing wadding, and capping and re-loading tools. Basically GC, the binding loose, slight wear around the edges, the covers dirty and slightly torn. £60-80
Ewart Oakeshott (British, 1916-2002) oil on canvas of a busy harbour, signed and dated '77 to the lower right, 50cm x 75.5cm; together with 'The Blindfold Game', '"The Day" at Jutland', written, illustrated and signed by Oakeshott, Pergamon Press Ltd, Oxford, first edition published 1969 (2) At present, there is no condition report prepared for this lot, this in no way indicates a good condition, please contact the saleroom for a condition report.
Collection of First edition and first printing motor related books - To include Signed Twenty Five years of Williams F1 Biography, Fangio 'My racing life', Damon Hill 'Watching the wheels', The Motorists Miscellany, Maurice Hamilton 'Williams', Motor Sport 1000th collectors edition and others, 1 box (qty)
STAR WARS; a limited edition first day coin cover with 1999 £5 coin, no. 019146, signed by cast members including Alec Guinness, Carrie Fisher, Kenny Baker (R2D2), and David Prowse (Darth Vader).Condition Report: - We have not authenticated these signatures, please satisfy yourself as to the veracity of the item prior to bidding.
BRITISH POLITICS; a limited edition first day coin cover, with 1999 £5 coin, bearing the signatures of John Major, Margaret Thatcher, Jim Callaghan, Edward Heath and Tony Blair.Condition Report: - We have not authenticated these signatures, please satisfy yourself as to the veracity of the item prior to bidding.
THE ROLLING STONES; a black and white photograph of The Rolling Stones' first-ever photographic session with Phillip Townsend in 1963, in mount, signed to the margin by Phillip Townsend and numbered 85/2500, from 'The Rolling Stones Collection' by A Studio Limited Edition, with information pane to the left, 40 x 50cm, unframed.
Abraham Munting, "Phytographia Curiosa Amsterdam 1713", first Latin edition, second issue, folio size (394mm x 242mm) in contemporary calf, with retained draft of an autographed letter signed (no date) from E. Cobbold (possibly the poet and Polymath Elizabeth Cobbold, provenance Glemham Hall Library, Suffolk
Percier, Charles, 1764-1838, and Fontaine, Pierre François Léonard, 1762-1853, Palais, maisons, et autres édifices modernes, dessinés à Rome, folio, with bookplate monogrammed P H-J for Philip Hewat-Jaboor and paper label for A.E. CHAMBELLAN Papetier. Rue du Bouloi No. 1., Paris: Chez les auteurs, au Louvre et P. Didot l'ainé, imprimeur-librairie, 1798Provenance: Property from the Private Estate of Philip Hewat-Jaboor. Footnotes: Note: This was the first book to introduce the Empire Style with its mixture of Roman, Greek, Italian, and Egyptian elements. Percier and Fontaine were Napoleon and Josephine's primary architects, and their work was inspired during a stay in Rome just after Percier had won the Grand Prix de Rome in 1786. The plates are of interior views, details, and exterior elevations to gardens. This is the second edition, published in the same year as the first, with only a slightly different title-page, and complete with the rare subscribers’ list. Millard I, 133; cf. Berlin Ornamentstichsammlung 2733 ; Cicognara 3822 (eds. 1798).
Medical Interest: various texts on medicine, comprising: Florence Nightingale, Notes on Nursing: What it is, and what it is not, first edition, second issue, with "[The right of Translation is reserved]" at foot of title and yellow endpapers with printed advertisements dated 1860, London: Harrison,1860;Byrom Bramwell, M.D., Atlas of Clinical Medicine, 3 vols., blue cloth with gilt lettering, Edinburgh: T. and A. Constable at the University Press, 1892-1896;and John Abercrombie, Pathological and practical researches on diseases of the brain and the spinal cord, quarter leather with marbled boards, with bookplate for Dr William Sargant FRCP, stamped for Medical Society Edinburgh to title page, Edinburgh: Waugh and Innes, 1828 (5)
FROM THE LIBRARY OF WILLI SOUKOP RA A collection of volumes on art history and decorative artistic practice, to include Memoirs of the Colombo Museum: Bronzes From Ceylon by Amanda Coomaraswamy (inscribed to Soucop); titles on Goya, Michelangelo and Picasso etc.; together with The Philosophy of Astrology by Manly Palmer Hall (first edition pub. 1943) etc. Provenance: Willi Soucop RA (1907-1995), Austrian sculptor and early teacher of Dame Elizabeth Frink. Condition Report:Available upon request
GERTRUDE HERMES (BRITISH 1901-1983) HAND AND BABY - 1929 Wood engraving, signed ‘GH’ in print, dated and inscribed ‘With love and best wishes from Blair, Gert, Judith & Simon' in ink to margin image size 11.5cm x 7.75cm (4.5in x 3in), unframed From the Estate of William McCance. The Art Edit is delighted to present paintings, drawings and prints by William McCance and his circle. The collection includes a portrait of McCance’s first wife Agnes Miller Parker (1895–1980), cards printed and inscribed by artist friends, and designs produced during McCance’s tenure as Controller of the Gregynog Press. All works come from the Artist’s Estate and have never before appeared on the market.Like any modernist worth his salt, William McCance sought to document twentieth century industrial life. His subject is often domestic, but is realised using a vorticist schematisation which promotes underlying geometric volumes. Thus, organic forms assume an almost mechanised quality: a human figure is transformed into a strange automaton; a grove of trees is delineated as if it were a cluster of factory pipes.McCance moved to London in 1920 with Agnes Miller Parker, where they were amongst the earliest Scots to adopt a Wyndham Lewis-inspired vorticism. Their mutual inclination towards line and pattern lent itself well to the graphic arts; Miller Parker was a talented wood engraver and illustrator, while McCance worked across painting, printmaking, design, sculpture, writing and typography.In 1930 McCance became second Controller of the Gregynog Press, a significant private press in Montgomeryshire, Wales. The Press flourished under his stewardship, and he oversaw the production of several exquisite limited edition publications.Gregynog was unique at the time in that publications were printed, typset, illustrated and bound under one roof. McCance and Miller Parker contributed designs and engravings, as did the artists Gertrude Hermes (1901–1983) and Blair Hughes Stanton (1902-1981), who was also employed at the Press in a directorial capacity. However, owing to fraught relations with the owners of the Press, McCance resigned after three years.By 1943 McCance was lecturer in Typography and Book Production at the University of Reading. The few works from this later period held in public collection indicate a preoccupation with the Venus of Laussel, the c.25,000 year old limestone figure of a female nude discovered in 1911 in a rock shelter in the Dordogne. McCance likely encountered the Venus during a visit to the region after the Second World War, and nude figures with smooth simplified curves inspired by the Venus recurred within his work hereon. McCance parted ways with Miller Parker in 1955, and by 1960 he had retired to Scotland. He died in Ayrshire in 1970.
GERTRUDE HERMES (BRITISH 1901-1981) THREE WOOD ENGRAVINGS FOR 'THE NATURAL HISTORY OF SELBOURNE': HERON; FISH; STAG Wood engravings (3) each image 22cm x 14.5cm (8.75in x 5.75in), unframed From the Estate of William McCance. The Art Edit is delighted to present paintings, drawings and prints by William McCance and his circle. The collection includes a portrait of McCance’s first wife Agnes Miller Parker (1895–1980), cards printed and inscribed by artist friends, and designs produced during McCance’s tenure as Controller of the Gregynog Press. All works come from the Artist’s Estate and have never before appeared on the market.Like any modernist worth his salt, William McCance sought to document twentieth century industrial life. His subject is often domestic, but is realised using a vorticist schematisation which promotes underlying geometric volumes. Thus, organic forms assume an almost mechanised quality: a human figure is transformed into a strange automaton; a grove of trees is delineated as if it were a cluster of factory pipes.McCance moved to London in 1920 with Agnes Miller Parker, where they were amongst the earliest Scots to adopt a Wyndham Lewis-inspired vorticism. Their mutual inclination towards line and pattern lent itself well to the graphic arts; Miller Parker was a talented wood engraver and illustrator, while McCance worked across painting, printmaking, design, sculpture, writing and typography.In 1930 McCance became second Controller of the Gregynog Press, a significant private press in Montgomeryshire, Wales. The Press flourished under his stewardship, and he oversaw the production of several exquisite limited edition publications.Gregynog was unique at the time in that publications were printed, typset, illustrated and bound under one roof. McCance and Miller Parker contributed designs and engravings, as did the artists Gertrude Hermes (1901–1983) and Blair Hughes Stanton (1902-1981), who was also employed at the Press in a directorial capacity. However, owing to fraught relations with the owners of the Press, McCance resigned after three years.By 1943 McCance was lecturer in Typography and Book Production at the University of Reading. The few works from this later period held in public collection indicate a preoccupation with the Venus of Laussel, the c.25,000 year old limestone figure of a female nude discovered in 1911 in a rock shelter in the Dordogne. McCance likely encountered the Venus during a visit to the region after the Second World War, and nude figures with smooth simplified curves inspired by the Venus recurred within his work hereon. McCance parted ways with Miller Parker in 1955, and by 1960 he had retired to Scotland. He died in Ayrshire in 1970.
WILLIAM MCCANCE (SCOTTISH 1894-1970) THREE WOOD ENGRAVINGS MOUNTED TOGETHER llustration to 'Clych Atgot' (a);Illustration to ‘Clych Atgot' (b);Memorial to Sir John Rhys, signed in print (3) image size 13cm x 9cm (5in x 3.5in); 4.25cm x 5.5cm (1.75in x 2.25in); 10.25cm x 8.5cm (4.25in x 3.25in), each unframed From the Estate of William McCance. Exhibited: Dundee City Art Gallery, William McCance Exhibition, cat.no.50 The Art Edit is delighted to present paintings, drawings and prints by William McCance and his circle. The collection includes a portrait of McCance’s first wife Agnes Miller Parker (1895–1980), cards printed and inscribed by artist friends, and designs produced during McCance’s tenure as Controller of the Gregynog Press. All works come from the Artist’s Estate and have never before appeared on the market.Like any modernist worth his salt, William McCance sought to document twentieth century industrial life. His subject is often domestic, but is realised using a vorticist schematisation which promotes underlying geometric volumes. Thus, organic forms assume an almost mechanised quality: a human figure is transformed into a strange automaton; a grove of trees is delineated as if it were a cluster of factory pipes.McCance moved to London in 1920 with Agnes Miller Parker, where they were amongst the earliest Scots to adopt a Wyndham Lewis-inspired vorticism. Their mutual inclination towards line and pattern lent itself well to the graphic arts; Miller Parker was a talented wood engraver and illustrator, while McCance worked across painting, printmaking, design, sculpture, writing and typography.In 1930 McCance became second Controller of the Gregynog Press, a significant private press in Montgomeryshire, Wales. The Press flourished under his stewardship, and he oversaw the production of several exquisite limited edition publications.Gregynog was unique at the time in that publications were printed, typset, illustrated and bound under one roof. McCance and Miller Parker contributed designs and engravings, as did the artists Gertrude Hermes (1901–1983) and Blair Hughes Stanton (1902-1981), who was also employed at the Press in a directorial capacity. However, owing to fraught relations with the owners of the Press, McCance resigned after three years.By 1943 McCance was lecturer in Typography and Book Production at the University of Reading. The few works from this later period held in public collection indicate a preoccupation with the Venus of Laussel, the c.25,000 year old limestone figure of a female nude discovered in 1911 in a rock shelter in the Dordogne. McCance likely encountered the Venus during a visit to the region after the Second World War, and nude figures with smooth simplified curves inspired by the Venus recurred within his work hereon. McCance parted ways with Miller Parker in 1955, and by 1960 he had retired to Scotland. He died in Ayrshire in 1970.
WILLIAM MCCANCE (SCOTTISH 1894-1970) THREE DRAWINGS: SCRUBBING; WORKING; SLEEPING Pencil on paper (3) 30.5cm x 40.5cm (12in x 16in); 40.5cm x 30.5cm (16in x 12in); 32cm x 22cm (12.5in x 8.75in) From the Estate of William McCance. The Art Edit is delighted to present paintings, drawings and prints by William McCance and his circle. The collection includes a portrait of McCance’s first wife Agnes Miller Parker (1895–1980), cards printed and inscribed by artist friends, and designs produced during McCance’s tenure as Controller of the Gregynog Press. All works come from the Artist’s Estate and have never before appeared on the market.Like any modernist worth his salt, William McCance sought to document twentieth century industrial life. His subject is often domestic, but is realised using a vorticist schematisation which promotes underlying geometric volumes. Thus, organic forms assume an almost mechanised quality: a human figure is transformed into a strange automaton; a grove of trees is delineated as if it were a cluster of factory pipes.McCance moved to London in 1920 with Agnes Miller Parker, where they were amongst the earliest Scots to adopt a Wyndham Lewis-inspired vorticism. Their mutual inclination towards line and pattern lent itself well to the graphic arts; Miller Parker was a talented wood engraver and illustrator, while McCance worked across painting, printmaking, design, sculpture, writing and typography.In 1930 McCance became second Controller of the Gregynog Press, a significant private press in Montgomeryshire, Wales. The Press flourished under his stewardship, and he oversaw the production of several exquisite limited edition publications.Gregynog was unique at the time in that publications were printed, typset, illustrated and bound under one roof. McCance and Miller Parker contributed designs and engravings, as did the artists Gertrude Hermes (1901–1983) and Blair Hughes Stanton (1902-1981), who was also employed at the Press in a directorial capacity. However, owing to fraught relations with the owners of the Press, McCance resigned after three years.By 1943 McCance was lecturer in Typography and Book Production at the University of Reading. The few works from this later period held in public collection indicate a preoccupation with the Venus of Laussel, the c.25,000 year old limestone figure of a female nude discovered in 1911 in a rock shelter in the Dordogne. McCance likely encountered the Venus during a visit to the region after the Second World War, and nude figures with smooth simplified curves inspired by the Venus recurred within his work hereon. McCance parted ways with Miller Parker in 1955, and by 1960 he had retired to Scotland. He died in Ayrshire in 1970.
GERTRUDE HERMES (BRITISH 1901-1983) ADAM AND EVE - 1933 Wood engraving, 29/30, signed, dated, numbered and inscribed with title to margin the sheet 46cm x 28.75cm (18in x 11.25in), unframed From the Estate of William McCance. The Art Edit is delighted to present paintings, drawings and prints by William McCance and his circle. The collection includes a portrait of McCance’s first wife Agnes Miller Parker (1895–1980), cards printed and inscribed by artist friends, and designs produced during McCance’s tenure as Controller of the Gregynog Press. All works come from the Artist’s Estate and have never before appeared on the market.Like any modernist worth his salt, William McCance sought to document twentieth century industrial life. His subject is often domestic, but is realised using a vorticist schematisation which promotes underlying geometric volumes. Thus, organic forms assume an almost mechanised quality: a human figure is transformed into a strange automaton; a grove of trees is delineated as if it were a cluster of factory pipes.McCance moved to London in 1920 with Agnes Miller Parker, where they were amongst the earliest Scots to adopt a Wyndham Lewis-inspired vorticism. Their mutual inclination towards line and pattern lent itself well to the graphic arts; Miller Parker was a talented wood engraver and illustrator, while McCance worked across painting, printmaking, design, sculpture, writing and typography.In 1930 McCance became second Controller of the Gregynog Press, a significant private press in Montgomeryshire, Wales. The Press flourished under his stewardship, and he oversaw the production of several exquisite limited edition publications.Gregynog was unique at the time in that publications were printed, typset, illustrated and bound under one roof. McCance and Miller Parker contributed designs and engravings, as did the artists Gertrude Hermes (1901–1983) and Blair Hughes Stanton (1902-1981), who was also employed at the Press in a directorial capacity. However, owing to fraught relations with the owners of the Press, McCance resigned after three years.By 1943 McCance was lecturer in Typography and Book Production at the University of Reading. The few works from this later period held in public collection indicate a preoccupation with the Venus of Laussel, the c.25,000 year old limestone figure of a female nude discovered in 1911 in a rock shelter in the Dordogne. McCance likely encountered the Venus during a visit to the region after the Second World War, and nude figures with smooth simplified curves inspired by the Venus recurred within his work hereon. McCance parted ways with Miller Parker in 1955, and by 1960 he had retired to Scotland. He died in Ayrshire in 1970.
GERTRUDE HERMES (BRITISH 1901-1983) SAN MARCELLO, ITALY - 1925 Wood engraving, 3/30, signed, dated and numbered in pencil to margin image size 19.5cm x 26cm (7.75in x 26in), unframed From the Estate of William McCance. The Art Edit is delighted to present paintings, drawings and prints by William McCance and his circle. The collection includes a portrait of McCance’s first wife Agnes Miller Parker (1895–1980), cards printed and inscribed by artist friends, and designs produced during McCance’s tenure as Controller of the Gregynog Press. All works come from the Artist’s Estate and have never before appeared on the market.Like any modernist worth his salt, William McCance sought to document twentieth century industrial life. His subject is often domestic, but is realised using a vorticist schematisation which promotes underlying geometric volumes. Thus, organic forms assume an almost mechanised quality: a human figure is transformed into a strange automaton; a grove of trees is delineated as if it were a cluster of factory pipes.McCance moved to London in 1920 with Agnes Miller Parker, where they were amongst the earliest Scots to adopt a Wyndham Lewis-inspired vorticism. Their mutual inclination towards line and pattern lent itself well to the graphic arts; Miller Parker was a talented wood engraver and illustrator, while McCance worked across painting, printmaking, design, sculpture, writing and typography.In 1930 McCance became second Controller of the Gregynog Press, a significant private press in Montgomeryshire, Wales. The Press flourished under his stewardship, and he oversaw the production of several exquisite limited edition publications.Gregynog was unique at the time in that publications were printed, typset, illustrated and bound under one roof. McCance and Miller Parker contributed designs and engravings, as did the artists Gertrude Hermes (1901–1983) and Blair Hughes Stanton (1902-1981), who was also employed at the Press in a directorial capacity. However, owing to fraught relations with the owners of the Press, McCance resigned after three years.By 1943 McCance was lecturer in Typography and Book Production at the University of Reading. The few works from this later period held in public collection indicate a preoccupation with the Venus of Laussel, the c.25,000 year old limestone figure of a female nude discovered in 1911 in a rock shelter in the Dordogne. McCance likely encountered the Venus during a visit to the region after the Second World War, and nude figures with smooth simplified curves inspired by the Venus recurred within his work hereon. McCance parted ways with Miller Parker in 1955, and by 1960 he had retired to Scotland. He died in Ayrshire in 1970.
CLARE LEIGHTON (ENGLISH/ AMERICAN 1898-1989) LOADING, FROM THE LUMBER CAMP SERIES - 1931 Wood engraving, 89/100, signed, numbered, inscribed with title and dedicated ‘To Agnes Miller Parker, in great admiration of her’ in pencil to margin image size 22.5cm x 30cm (8.75in x 12in) From the Estate of William McCance. The Art Edit is delighted to present paintings, drawings and prints by William McCance and his circle. The collection includes a portrait of McCance’s first wife Agnes Miller Parker (1895–1980), cards printed and inscribed by artist friends, and designs produced during McCance’s tenure as Controller of the Gregynog Press. All works come from the Artist’s Estate and have never before appeared on the market.Like any modernist worth his salt, William McCance sought to document twentieth century industrial life. His subject is often domestic, but is realised using a vorticist schematisation which promotes underlying geometric volumes. Thus, organic forms assume an almost mechanised quality: a human figure is transformed into a strange automaton; a grove of trees is delineated as if it were a cluster of factory pipes.McCance moved to London in 1920 with Agnes Miller Parker, where they were amongst the earliest Scots to adopt a Wyndham Lewis-inspired vorticism. Their mutual inclination towards line and pattern lent itself well to the graphic arts; Miller Parker was a talented wood engraver and illustrator, while McCance worked across painting, printmaking, design, sculpture, writing and typography.In 1930 McCance became second Controller of the Gregynog Press, a significant private press in Montgomeryshire, Wales. The Press flourished under his stewardship, and he oversaw the production of several exquisite limited edition publications.Gregynog was unique at the time in that publications were printed, typset, illustrated and bound under one roof. McCance and Miller Parker contributed designs and engravings, as did the artists Gertrude Hermes (1901–1983) and Blair Hughes Stanton (1902-1981), who was also employed at the Press in a directorial capacity. However, owing to fraught relations with the owners of the Press, McCance resigned after three years.By 1943 McCance was lecturer in Typography and Book Production at the University of Reading. The few works from this later period held in public collection indicate a preoccupation with the Venus of Laussel, the c.25,000 year old limestone figure of a female nude discovered in 1911 in a rock shelter in the Dordogne. McCance likely encountered the Venus during a visit to the region after the Second World War, and nude figures with smooth simplified curves inspired by the Venus recurred within his work hereon. McCance parted ways with Miller Parker in 1955, and by 1960 he had retired to Scotland. He died in Ayrshire in 1970.
GERTRUDE HERMES (BRITISH 1901-1983) THREE CHRISTMAS CARDS The Dark Hour, Wood engraving, with printed message inside ‘All good wishes for Christmas and the New Year, from Dick and Naomi Mitchison. River Court, Hammersmith Mall, London, W.6’, and with poem The Dark Hour printed verso;Clasped Hands, Wood engraving, with printed message inside ‘Greetings and Good Heart for Christmas and The New Year. Gertrude Hermes. 65 Black Lion Lane, W.6’;Snowdrop, Wood engraving, with printed message inside ‘Greeting for Christmas and the New Year from Gertrude Hermes’ (3) image size 16.5cm x 13.5cm (6.5in x 5.25in); 8.5cm x 10cm (3.25in x 4in); 15cm x 11cm (6in x 4.25in), each unframed From the Estate of William McCance. The Art Edit is delighted to present paintings, drawings and prints by William McCance and his circle. The collection includes a portrait of McCance’s first wife Agnes Miller Parker (1895–1980), cards printed and inscribed by artist friends, and designs produced during McCance’s tenure as Controller of the Gregynog Press. All works come from the Artist’s Estate and have never before appeared on the market.Like any modernist worth his salt, William McCance sought to document twentieth century industrial life. His subject is often domestic, but is realised using a vorticist schematisation which promotes underlying geometric volumes. Thus, organic forms assume an almost mechanised quality: a human figure is transformed into a strange automaton; a grove of trees is delineated as if it were a cluster of factory pipes.McCance moved to London in 1920 with Agnes Miller Parker, where they were amongst the earliest Scots to adopt a Wyndham Lewis-inspired vorticism. Their mutual inclination towards line and pattern lent itself well to the graphic arts; Miller Parker was a talented wood engraver and illustrator, while McCance worked across painting, printmaking, design, sculpture, writing and typography.In 1930 McCance became second Controller of the Gregynog Press, a significant private press in Montgomeryshire, Wales. The Press flourished under his stewardship, and he oversaw the production of several exquisite limited edition publications.Gregynog was unique at the time in that publications were printed, typset, illustrated and bound under one roof. McCance and Miller Parker contributed designs and engravings, as did the artists Gertrude Hermes (1901–1983) and Blair Hughes Stanton (1902-1981), who was also employed at the Press in a directorial capacity. However, owing to fraught relations with the owners of the Press, McCance resigned after three years.By 1943 McCance was lecturer in Typography and Book Production at the University of Reading. The few works from this later period held in public collection indicate a preoccupation with the Venus of Laussel, the c.25,000 year old limestone figure of a female nude discovered in 1911 in a rock shelter in the Dordogne. McCance likely encountered the Venus during a visit to the region after the Second World War, and nude figures with smooth simplified curves inspired by the Venus recurred within his work hereon. McCance parted ways with Miller Parker in 1955, and by 1960 he had retired to Scotland. He died in Ayrshire in 1970.
WILLIAM MCCANCE (SCOTTISH 1894-1970) THREE CAT SKETCHES Pencil sketch (3) each 17.5cm x 23cm (7in x 9in), unframed From the Estate of William McCance. The Art Edit is delighted to present paintings, drawings and prints by William McCance and his circle. The collection includes a portrait of McCance’s first wife Agnes Miller Parker (1895–1980), cards printed and inscribed by artist friends, and designs produced during McCance’s tenure as Controller of the Gregynog Press. All works come from the Artist’s Estate and have never before appeared on the market.Like any modernist worth his salt, William McCance sought to document twentieth century industrial life. His subject is often domestic, but is realised using a vorticist schematisation which promotes underlying geometric volumes. Thus, organic forms assume an almost mechanised quality: a human figure is transformed into a strange automaton; a grove of trees is delineated as if it were a cluster of factory pipes.McCance moved to London in 1920 with Agnes Miller Parker, where they were amongst the earliest Scots to adopt a Wyndham Lewis-inspired vorticism. Their mutual inclination towards line and pattern lent itself well to the graphic arts; Miller Parker was a talented wood engraver and illustrator, while McCance worked across painting, printmaking, design, sculpture, writing and typography.In 1930 McCance became second Controller of the Gregynog Press, a significant private press in Montgomeryshire, Wales. The Press flourished under his stewardship, and he oversaw the production of several exquisite limited edition publications.Gregynog was unique at the time in that publications were printed, typset, illustrated and bound under one roof. McCance and Miller Parker contributed designs and engravings, as did the artists Gertrude Hermes (1901–1983) and Blair Hughes Stanton (1902-1981), who was also employed at the Press in a directorial capacity. However, owing to fraught relations with the owners of the Press, McCance resigned after three years.By 1943 McCance was lecturer in Typography and Book Production at the University of Reading. The few works from this later period held in public collection indicate a preoccupation with the Venus of Laussel, the c.25,000 year old limestone figure of a female nude discovered in 1911 in a rock shelter in the Dordogne. McCance likely encountered the Venus during a visit to the region after the Second World War, and nude figures with smooth simplified curves inspired by the Venus recurred within his work hereon. McCance parted ways with Miller Parker in 1955, and by 1960 he had retired to Scotland. He died in Ayrshire in 1970.
GERTRUDE HERMES (BRITISH 1901-1981) FOUR WOOD ENGRAVINGS FOR 'THE NATURAL HISTORY OF SELBOURNE': SWALLOWS; BAT AND SPIDER; TREES; SNAKE AND TORTOISE Wood engravings (4) 22cm x 14.5cm (8.75in x 5.75in); 22cm x 14.5cm (8.75in x 5.75in); 22cm x 14.5cm (8.75in x 5.75in); 19cm x 12.5cm (7.5in x 5in), unframed From the Estate of William McCance. The Art Edit is delighted to present paintings, drawings and prints by William McCance and his circle. The collection includes a portrait of McCance’s first wife Agnes Miller Parker (1895–1980), cards printed and inscribed by artist friends, and designs produced during McCance’s tenure as Controller of the Gregynog Press. All works come from the Artist’s Estate and have never before appeared on the market.Like any modernist worth his salt, William McCance sought to document twentieth century industrial life. His subject is often domestic, but is realised using a vorticist schematisation which promotes underlying geometric volumes. Thus, organic forms assume an almost mechanised quality: a human figure is transformed into a strange automaton; a grove of trees is delineated as if it were a cluster of factory pipes.McCance moved to London in 1920 with Agnes Miller Parker, where they were amongst the earliest Scots to adopt a Wyndham Lewis-inspired vorticism. Their mutual inclination towards line and pattern lent itself well to the graphic arts; Miller Parker was a talented wood engraver and illustrator, while McCance worked across painting, printmaking, design, sculpture, writing and typography.In 1930 McCance became second Controller of the Gregynog Press, a significant private press in Montgomeryshire, Wales. The Press flourished under his stewardship, and he oversaw the production of several exquisite limited edition publications.Gregynog was unique at the time in that publications were printed, typset, illustrated and bound under one roof. McCance and Miller Parker contributed designs and engravings, as did the artists Gertrude Hermes (1901–1983) and Blair Hughes Stanton (1902-1981), who was also employed at the Press in a directorial capacity. However, owing to fraught relations with the owners of the Press, McCance resigned after three years.By 1943 McCance was lecturer in Typography and Book Production at the University of Reading. The few works from this later period held in public collection indicate a preoccupation with the Venus of Laussel, the c.25,000 year old limestone figure of a female nude discovered in 1911 in a rock shelter in the Dordogne. McCance likely encountered the Venus during a visit to the region after the Second World War, and nude figures with smooth simplified curves inspired by the Venus recurred within his work hereon. McCance parted ways with Miller Parker in 1955, and by 1960 he had retired to Scotland. He died in Ayrshire in 1970.
WILLIAM MCCANCE (SCOTTISH 1894-1970) TWO NUDE STUDIES Signed and dated 1930 lower right, pencil and charcoal, and an unmounted companion, pencil and charcoal (2) each 51cm x 38cm (20in x 15in) From the Estate of William McCance. The Art Edit is delighted to present paintings, drawings and prints by William McCance and his circle. The collection includes a portrait of McCance’s first wife Agnes Miller Parker (1895–1980), cards printed and inscribed by artist friends, and designs produced during McCance’s tenure as Controller of the Gregynog Press. All works come from the Artist’s Estate and have never before appeared on the market.Like any modernist worth his salt, William McCance sought to document twentieth century industrial life. His subject is often domestic, but is realised using a vorticist schematisation which promotes underlying geometric volumes. Thus, organic forms assume an almost mechanised quality: a human figure is transformed into a strange automaton; a grove of trees is delineated as if it were a cluster of factory pipes.McCance moved to London in 1920 with Agnes Miller Parker, where they were amongst the earliest Scots to adopt a Wyndham Lewis-inspired vorticism. Their mutual inclination towards line and pattern lent itself well to the graphic arts; Miller Parker was a talented wood engraver and illustrator, while McCance worked across painting, printmaking, design, sculpture, writing and typography.In 1930 McCance became second Controller of the Gregynog Press, a significant private press in Montgomeryshire, Wales. The Press flourished under his stewardship, and he oversaw the production of several exquisite limited edition publications.Gregynog was unique at the time in that publications were printed, typset, illustrated and bound under one roof. McCance and Miller Parker contributed designs and engravings, as did the artists Gertrude Hermes (1901–1983) and Blair Hughes Stanton (1902-1981), who was also employed at the Press in a directorial capacity. However, owing to fraught relations with the owners of the Press, McCance resigned after three years.By 1943 McCance was lecturer in Typography and Book Production at the University of Reading. The few works from this later period held in public collection indicate a preoccupation with the Venus of Laussel, the c.25,000 year old limestone figure of a female nude discovered in 1911 in a rock shelter in the Dordogne. McCance likely encountered the Venus during a visit to the region after the Second World War, and nude figures with smooth simplified curves inspired by the Venus recurred within his work hereon. McCance parted ways with Miller Parker in 1955, and by 1960 he had retired to Scotland. He died in Ayrshire in 1970.
GERTRUDE HERMES (BRITISH 1901-1983) TWO CHRISTMAS CARDS Hand and Aconites, Wood engraving, inscribed inside ‘best love from us 3 to you both. Hope all goes well.' and printed ‘Greetings for Christmas and the New Year from Gertrude Hermes. Change of address: 65 Black Lion Lane, W6’;Heaven and Hell, Wood engraving, with printed message inside ‘All good wishes for Christmas and the New Year, from Dick and Naomi Mitchison. River Court, Hammersmith Hall, London, W.6', further printed with excerpt of The Rebel by Hilaire Belloc (2) the image 13cm x 9.5cm (5in x 3.75in); 13.25cm x 14cm (5.25in x 5.5in), each unframed From the Estate of William McCance. The Art Edit is delighted to present paintings, drawings and prints by William McCance and his circle. The collection includes a portrait of McCance’s first wife Agnes Miller Parker (1895–1980), cards printed and inscribed by artist friends, and designs produced during McCance’s tenure as Controller of the Gregynog Press. All works come from the Artist’s Estate and have never before appeared on the market.Like any modernist worth his salt, William McCance sought to document twentieth century industrial life. His subject is often domestic, but is realised using a vorticist schematisation which promotes underlying geometric volumes. Thus, organic forms assume an almost mechanised quality: a human figure is transformed into a strange automaton; a grove of trees is delineated as if it were a cluster of factory pipes.McCance moved to London in 1920 with Agnes Miller Parker, where they were amongst the earliest Scots to adopt a Wyndham Lewis-inspired vorticism. Their mutual inclination towards line and pattern lent itself well to the graphic arts; Miller Parker was a talented wood engraver and illustrator, while McCance worked across painting, printmaking, design, sculpture, writing and typography.In 1930 McCance became second Controller of the Gregynog Press, a significant private press in Montgomeryshire, Wales. The Press flourished under his stewardship, and he oversaw the production of several exquisite limited edition publications.Gregynog was unique at the time in that publications were printed, typset, illustrated and bound under one roof. McCance and Miller Parker contributed designs and engravings, as did the artists Gertrude Hermes (1901–1983) and Blair Hughes Stanton (1902-1981), who was also employed at the Press in a directorial capacity. However, owing to fraught relations with the owners of the Press, McCance resigned after three years.By 1943 McCance was lecturer in Typography and Book Production at the University of Reading. The few works from this later period held in public collection indicate a preoccupation with the Venus of Laussel, the c.25,000 year old limestone figure of a female nude discovered in 1911 in a rock shelter in the Dordogne. McCance likely encountered the Venus during a visit to the region after the Second World War, and nude figures with smooth simplified curves inspired by the Venus recurred within his work hereon. McCance parted ways with Miller Parker in 1955, and by 1960 he had retired to Scotland. He died in Ayrshire in 1970.
WILLIAM MCCANCE (SCOTTISH 1894-1970) INITIALS FOR 'THE FABLES OF ESOPE' ‘Series B’, wood engravings, Artist's Proof, numbered 3, 6 and 12/12, signed, inscribed with title and editioned in pencil to lower edge (3); ‘Series C’, wood engraving, Artist's Proof, numbered 12/12, signed, inscribed with title and editioned in pencil to lower edge (1); Further untitled and uneditioned print with initials (1). (5 works total) ‘Series B’ and ‘C’ 26.25cm x 14.5cm (10.5in x 5.75in); untitled print 26cm x 39.5cm (10.25in x 15.5in), all unframed From the Estate of William McCance. Note: These initials were designed and engraved by McCance for the Gregynog Press edition of the Fables of Aesop (1932), which also featured illustrations by Agnes Miller Parker. The Art Edit is delighted to present paintings, drawings and prints by William McCance and his circle. The collection includes a portrait of McCance’s first wife Agnes Miller Parker (1895–1980), cards printed and inscribed by artist friends, and designs produced during McCance’s tenure as Controller of the Gregynog Press. All works come from the Artist’s Estate and have never before appeared on the market.Like any modernist worth his salt, William McCance sought to document twentieth century industrial life. His subject is often domestic, but is realised using a vorticist schematisation which promotes underlying geometric volumes. Thus, organic forms assume an almost mechanised quality: a human figure is transformed into a strange automaton; a grove of trees is delineated as if it were a cluster of factory pipes.McCance moved to London in 1920 with Agnes Miller Parker, where they were amongst the earliest Scots to adopt a Wyndham Lewis-inspired vorticism. Their mutual inclination towards line and pattern lent itself well to the graphic arts; Miller Parker was a talented wood engraver and illustrator, while McCance worked across painting, printmaking, design, sculpture, writing and typography.In 1930 McCance became second Controller of the Gregynog Press, a significant private press in Montgomeryshire, Wales. The Press flourished under his stewardship, and he oversaw the production of several exquisite limited edition publications.Gregynog was unique at the time in that publications were printed, typset, illustrated and bound under one roof. McCance and Miller Parker contributed designs and engravings, as did the artists Gertrude Hermes (1901–1983) and Blair Hughes Stanton (1902-1981), who was also employed at the Press in a directorial capacity. However, owing to fraught relations with the owners of the Press, McCance resigned after three years.By 1943 McCance was lecturer in Typography and Book Production at the University of Reading. The few works from this later period held in public collection indicate a preoccupation with the Venus of Laussel, the c.25,000 year old limestone figure of a female nude discovered in 1911 in a rock shelter in the Dordogne. McCance likely encountered the Venus during a visit to the region after the Second World War, and nude figures with smooth simplified curves inspired by the Venus recurred within his work hereon. McCance parted ways with Miller Parker in 1955, and by 1960 he had retired to Scotland. He died in Ayrshire in 1970.
WILLIAM MCCANCE (SCOTTISH 1894-1970) TREES Watercolour and pencil 24cm x 35.5cm (9.5in x 14in) From the Estate of William McCance. The Art Edit is delighted to present paintings, drawings and prints by William McCance and his circle. The collection includes a portrait of McCance’s first wife Agnes Miller Parker (1895–1980), cards printed and inscribed by artist friends, and designs produced during McCance’s tenure as Controller of the Gregynog Press. All works come from the Artist’s Estate and have never before appeared on the market.Like any modernist worth his salt, William McCance sought to document twentieth century industrial life. His subject is often domestic, but is realised using a vorticist schematisation which promotes underlying geometric volumes. Thus, organic forms assume an almost mechanised quality: a human figure is transformed into a strange automaton; a grove of trees is delineated as if it were a cluster of factory pipes.McCance moved to London in 1920 with Agnes Miller Parker, where they were amongst the earliest Scots to adopt a Wyndham Lewis-inspired vorticism. Their mutual inclination towards line and pattern lent itself well to the graphic arts; Miller Parker was a talented wood engraver and illustrator, while McCance worked across painting, printmaking, design, sculpture, writing and typography.In 1930 McCance became second Controller of the Gregynog Press, a significant private press in Montgomeryshire, Wales. The Press flourished under his stewardship, and he oversaw the production of several exquisite limited edition publications.Gregynog was unique at the time in that publications were printed, typset, illustrated and bound under one roof. McCance and Miller Parker contributed designs and engravings, as did the artists Gertrude Hermes (1901–1983) and Blair Hughes Stanton (1902-1981), who was also employed at the Press in a directorial capacity. However, owing to fraught relations with the owners of the Press, McCance resigned after three years.By 1943 McCance was lecturer in Typography and Book Production at the University of Reading. The few works from this later period held in public collection indicate a preoccupation with the Venus of Laussel, the c.25,000 year old limestone figure of a female nude discovered in 1911 in a rock shelter in the Dordogne. McCance likely encountered the Venus during a visit to the region after the Second World War, and nude figures with smooth simplified curves inspired by the Venus recurred within his work hereon. McCance parted ways with Miller Parker in 1955, and by 1960 he had retired to Scotland. He died in Ayrshire in 1970.
WILLIAM MCCANCE (SCOTTISH 1894-1970) PORTRAIT OF AGNES MILLER PARKER; BLUE NUDE IN AN ORKNEY CHAIR - 1930 Portrait of Agnes Miller Parker, charcoal;Blue Nude in an Orkney Chair, signed and dated lower left, charcoal and blue chalk (2) the sheet 26cm x 25cm (10.25in x 9.75in); 50.5cm x 38cm (20in x 15in), unframed From the Estate of William McCance. The Art Edit is delighted to present paintings, drawings and prints by William McCance and his circle. The collection includes a portrait of McCance’s first wife Agnes Miller Parker (1895–1980), cards printed and inscribed by artist friends, and designs produced during McCance’s tenure as Controller of the Gregynog Press. All works come from the Artist’s Estate and have never before appeared on the market.Like any modernist worth his salt, William McCance sought to document twentieth century industrial life. His subject is often domestic, but is realised using a vorticist schematisation which promotes underlying geometric volumes. Thus, organic forms assume an almost mechanised quality: a human figure is transformed into a strange automaton; a grove of trees is delineated as if it were a cluster of factory pipes.McCance moved to London in 1920 with Agnes Miller Parker, where they were amongst the earliest Scots to adopt a Wyndham Lewis-inspired vorticism. Their mutual inclination towards line and pattern lent itself well to the graphic arts; Miller Parker was a talented wood engraver and illustrator, while McCance worked across painting, printmaking, design, sculpture, writing and typography.In 1930 McCance became second Controller of the Gregynog Press, a significant private press in Montgomeryshire, Wales. The Press flourished under his stewardship, and he oversaw the production of several exquisite limited edition publications.Gregynog was unique at the time in that publications were printed, typset, illustrated and bound under one roof. McCance and Miller Parker contributed designs and engravings, as did the artists Gertrude Hermes (1901–1983) and Blair Hughes Stanton (1902-1981), who was also employed at the Press in a directorial capacity. However, owing to fraught relations with the owners of the Press, McCance resigned after three years.By 1943 McCance was lecturer in Typography and Book Production at the University of Reading. The few works from this later period held in public collection indicate a preoccupation with the Venus of Laussel, the c.25,000 year old limestone figure of a female nude discovered in 1911 in a rock shelter in the Dordogne. McCance likely encountered the Venus during a visit to the region after the Second World War, and nude figures with smooth simplified curves inspired by the Venus recurred within his work hereon. McCance parted ways with Miller Parker in 1955, and by 1960 he had retired to Scotland. He died in Ayrshire in 1970.
WILLIAM MCCANCE (SCOTTISH 1894-1970) IMPROVISED SEATED FIGURE - 1955 Monotype, signed with initials in pencil lower left 21cm x 24.5cm (8.25in x 9.75in) From the Estate of William McCance. Exhibited: Reading Museum and Art Gallery, 1960, no.134The Art Edit is delighted to present paintings, drawings and prints by William McCance and his circle. The collection includes a portrait of McCance’s first wife Agnes Miller Parker (1895–1980), cards printed and inscribed by artist friends, and designs produced during McCance’s tenure as Controller of the Gregynog Press. All works come from the Artist’s Estate and have never before appeared on the market.Like any modernist worth his salt, William McCance sought to document twentieth century industrial life. His subject is often domestic, but is realised using a vorticist schematisation which promotes underlying geometric volumes. Thus, organic forms assume an almost mechanised quality: a human figure is transformed into a strange automaton; a grove of trees is delineated as if it were a cluster of factory pipes.McCance moved to London in 1920 with Agnes Miller Parker, where they were amongst the earliest Scots to adopt a Wyndham Lewis-inspired vorticism. Their mutual inclination towards line and pattern lent itself well to the graphic arts; Miller Parker was a talented wood engraver and illustrator, while McCance worked across painting, printmaking, design, sculpture, writing and typography.In 1930 McCance became second Controller of the Gregynog Press, a significant private press in Montgomeryshire, Wales. The Press flourished under his stewardship, and he oversaw the production of several exquisite limited edition publications.Gregynog was unique at the time in that publications were printed, typset, illustrated and bound under one roof. McCance and Miller Parker contributed designs and engravings, as did the artists Gertrude Hermes (1901–1983) and Blair Hughes Stanton (1902-1981), who was also employed at the Press in a directorial capacity. However, owing to fraught relations with the owners of the Press, McCance resigned after three years.By 1943 McCance was lecturer in Typography and Book Production at the University of Reading. The few works from this later period held in public collection indicate a preoccupation with the Venus of Laussel, the c.25,000 year old limestone figure of a female nude discovered in 1911 in a rock shelter in the Dordogne. McCance likely encountered the Venus during a visit to the region after the Second World War, and nude figures with smooth simplified curves inspired by the Venus recurred within his work hereon. McCance parted ways with Miller Parker in 1955, and by 1960 he had retired to Scotland. He died in Ayrshire in 1970.
WILLIAM MCCANCE (SCOTTISH 1894-1970) RECLINING GIANT - 1945 Signed and dated '45 lower right, watercolour wax resist and pencil 27cm x 37.5cm (10.75in x 37.5in) From the Estate of William McCance. Exhibited: Dundee City Art Gallery, cat.no.52; Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, 1990The Art Edit is delighted to present paintings, drawings and prints by William McCance and his circle. The collection includes a portrait of McCance’s first wife Agnes Miller Parker (1895–1980), cards printed and inscribed by artist friends, and designs produced during McCance’s tenure as Controller of the Gregynog Press. All works come from the Artist’s Estate and have never before appeared on the market.Like any modernist worth his salt, William McCance sought to document twentieth century industrial life. His subject is often domestic, but is realised using a vorticist schematisation which promotes underlying geometric volumes. Thus, organic forms assume an almost mechanised quality: a human figure is transformed into a strange automaton; a grove of trees is delineated as if it were a cluster of factory pipes.McCance moved to London in 1920 with Agnes Miller Parker, where they were amongst the earliest Scots to adopt a Wyndham Lewis-inspired vorticism. Their mutual inclination towards line and pattern lent itself well to the graphic arts; Miller Parker was a talented wood engraver and illustrator, while McCance worked across painting, printmaking, design, sculpture, writing and typography.In 1930 McCance became second Controller of the Gregynog Press, a significant private press in Montgomeryshire, Wales. The Press flourished under his stewardship, and he oversaw the production of several exquisite limited edition publications.Gregynog was unique at the time in that publications were printed, typset, illustrated and bound under one roof. McCance and Miller Parker contributed designs and engravings, as did the artists Gertrude Hermes (1901–1983) and Blair Hughes Stanton (1902-1981), who was also employed at the Press in a directorial capacity. However, owing to fraught relations with the owners of the Press, McCance resigned after three years.By 1943 McCance was lecturer in Typography and Book Production at the University of Reading. The few works from this later period held in public collection indicate a preoccupation with the Venus of Laussel, the c.25,000 year old limestone figure of a female nude discovered in 1911 in a rock shelter in the Dordogne. McCance likely encountered the Venus during a visit to the region after the Second World War, and nude figures with smooth simplified curves inspired by the Venus recurred within his work hereon. McCance parted ways with Miller Parker in 1955, and by 1960 he had retired to Scotland. He died in Ayrshire in 1970.
GERTRUDE HERMES (BRITISH 1901-1983) THE TREE OF LIFE Wood engraving, 23/30, inscribed with title and numbered in pencil to margin image size 26.5cm x 18.5cm (10.5in x 7.25in), unframed From the Estate of William McCance. The Art Edit is delighted to present paintings, drawings and prints by William McCance and his circle. The collection includes a portrait of McCance’s first wife Agnes Miller Parker (1895–1980), cards printed and inscribed by artist friends, and designs produced during McCance’s tenure as Controller of the Gregynog Press. All works come from the Artist’s Estate and have never before appeared on the market.Like any modernist worth his salt, William McCance sought to document twentieth century industrial life. His subject is often domestic, but is realised using a vorticist schematisation which promotes underlying geometric volumes. Thus, organic forms assume an almost mechanised quality: a human figure is transformed into a strange automaton; a grove of trees is delineated as if it were a cluster of factory pipes.McCance moved to London in 1920 with Agnes Miller Parker, where they were amongst the earliest Scots to adopt a Wyndham Lewis-inspired vorticism. Their mutual inclination towards line and pattern lent itself well to the graphic arts; Miller Parker was a talented wood engraver and illustrator, while McCance worked across painting, printmaking, design, sculpture, writing and typography.In 1930 McCance became second Controller of the Gregynog Press, a significant private press in Montgomeryshire, Wales. The Press flourished under his stewardship, and he oversaw the production of several exquisite limited edition publications.Gregynog was unique at the time in that publications were printed, typset, illustrated and bound under one roof. McCance and Miller Parker contributed designs and engravings, as did the artists Gertrude Hermes (1901–1983) and Blair Hughes Stanton (1902-1981), who was also employed at the Press in a directorial capacity. However, owing to fraught relations with the owners of the Press, McCance resigned after three years.By 1943 McCance was lecturer in Typography and Book Production at the University of Reading. The few works from this later period held in public collection indicate a preoccupation with the Venus of Laussel, the c.25,000 year old limestone figure of a female nude discovered in 1911 in a rock shelter in the Dordogne. McCance likely encountered the Venus during a visit to the region after the Second World War, and nude figures with smooth simplified curves inspired by the Venus recurred within his work hereon. McCance parted ways with Miller Parker in 1955, and by 1960 he had retired to Scotland. He died in Ayrshire in 1970.
CYNTHIA BURNLEY (BRITISH 1900-1964) CATS AT PLAY Two wood engravings on india paper, mounted together (2) each sheet 22.5cm x 17.5cm (8.75in x 7in), unframed From the Estate of William McCance. The Art Edit is delighted to present paintings, drawings and prints by William McCance and his circle. The collection includes a portrait of McCance’s first wife Agnes Miller Parker (1895–1980), cards printed and inscribed by artist friends, and designs produced during McCance’s tenure as Controller of the Gregynog Press. All works come from the Artist’s Estate and have never before appeared on the market.Like any modernist worth his salt, William McCance sought to document twentieth century industrial life. His subject is often domestic, but is realised using a vorticist schematisation which promotes underlying geometric volumes. Thus, organic forms assume an almost mechanised quality: a human figure is transformed into a strange automaton; a grove of trees is delineated as if it were a cluster of factory pipes.McCance moved to London in 1920 with Agnes Miller Parker, where they were amongst the earliest Scots to adopt a Wyndham Lewis-inspired vorticism. Their mutual inclination towards line and pattern lent itself well to the graphic arts; Miller Parker was a talented wood engraver and illustrator, while McCance worked across painting, printmaking, design, sculpture, writing and typography.In 1930 McCance became second Controller of the Gregynog Press, a significant private press in Montgomeryshire, Wales. The Press flourished under his stewardship, and he oversaw the production of several exquisite limited edition publications.Gregynog was unique at the time in that publications were printed, typset, illustrated and bound under one roof. McCance and Miller Parker contributed designs and engravings, as did the artists Gertrude Hermes (1901–1983) and Blair Hughes Stanton (1902-1981), who was also employed at the Press in a directorial capacity. However, owing to fraught relations with the owners of the Press, McCance resigned after three years.By 1943 McCance was lecturer in Typography and Book Production at the University of Reading. The few works from this later period held in public collection indicate a preoccupation with the Venus of Laussel, the c.25,000 year old limestone figure of a female nude discovered in 1911 in a rock shelter in the Dordogne. McCance likely encountered the Venus during a visit to the region after the Second World War, and nude figures with smooth simplified curves inspired by the Venus recurred within his work hereon. McCance parted ways with Miller Parker in 1955, and by 1960 he had retired to Scotland. He died in Ayrshire in 1970.
Bom At the Sea side, Enid Blytons personal copy, bound for her by the Publisher, from the library of her daughter Gillian Baverstock, whos collection was sold 15th September 2010, Hartley's, first edition, 1961, another copy first edition, Acetate panel, Bom, Elephant and Monkey, 10.5cm x 12.5cm, with letter date 2012; Pelham SL Bom the Drummer, from Enid Blyton -, moulded head with painted features, composite hands, string through plastic knee joints, wearing a red felt hat, red uniform jacket with blue felt cuffs, white trousers, boxed, c.1956-1962 (4)
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