Rare Books logo
Print
2007 (made)
2007 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
A wood engraving depicting a bee superimposed on a book whose left-hand page has a capital letter 'D'.
Object details
| Object type | |
| Title | Rare Books logo (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | wood engraving |
| Brief description | Wood engraving, depicting a bee for a business logo, by Simon Brett, Britain, 2007. |
| Physical description | A wood engraving depicting a bee superimposed on a book whose left-hand page has a capital letter 'D'. |
| Dimensions | |
| Marks and inscriptions | Capital letter 'D' on the corner of the top of the left-hand page. |
| Credit line | Given by Deborah Coltham |
| Historical context | Simon Brett is one of the most distinguished wood engravers of the last 50 years. Born in 1943, he learned the medium from Clifford Webb (whose work features in the V&A collection) at Saint Martin’s School of Art, London, where he trained principally as a painter. He has worked almost exclusively as a wood engraver since 1981 producing single prints, ephemera and illustrations for over sixty books. This logo was designed for Deborah Coltham, an antiquarian book dealer and owner of Rare Books. Deborah chose the bee motif because Deborah means ‘busy bee’ in Hebrew and she has always loved bees. It therefore seemed a natural choice when it came to designing her logo back in 2006 when she set up her business. |
| Subject depicted | |
| Bibliographic reference | An Engraver's Progress: Simon Brett, Fifty Years of Wood Engraving, London 2013, p.103. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.212-2018 |
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| Record created | June 6, 2018 |
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