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October

Print
1928 (made)
Artist/Maker
Ravilious, Eric (artist)
Place of origin
United Kingdom (made)

Eric Ravilious, wood engraved proof for the Lanston Monotype Almanack, 1929. The woman depicted reading is Tirzah Garwood, who would marry Eric in 1930.

Object details

Categories
Prints
Astrology
Object type
Print
Titles
  • October (assigned by artist)
  • Libra (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Paper
Wood Engraving
Brief description
Eric Ravilious, wood engraved proof for the Lanston Monotype Almanack, 1929. The woman depicted reading is Tirzah Garwood, who would marry Eric in 1930.
Dimensions
  • Height: 10.1cm
  • Width: 6.5cm
Gallery label
(1995)
Eric Ravilious (1903-1942)
...

Proofs for Lanston Monotype Almanack. 1929
...

Eric Ravilious had an unrivalled sense of lively decorative pattern. This partly arose from his mastery of the principle of the reversed out image. It entailed an organisation of design where black silhouettes should appear against a white background and white against a black. This principle was applied even in the small commercial work shown here. In 1935 a contemporary wrote in admiration of the range of his work which included a 'variety of designs for business and miscellaneous purposes (with all the restrictions this work often implies) which we think will rank amongst his finest and most spontaneous achievements...'.
Object history
The published version of these engravings is held in the National Art Library at the V&A, and the V&A holds the original printing blocks.
Associations
Tirzah Garwood
Sussex
Associated object
E.1244-1974
Bibliographic reference
The engraving shows the pans of the scales blowing wildly in the wind over a woman, probably a portrait of Ravilious's future wife, tirzah.' Jeremy Greenwood, Ravilious Engravings, The Wood Lea Press, Great Britain, 2008. p.84.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.560-1972

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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