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Estimate: $ 1,200 - $ 1,800
(THEATER / GRAPHICS.) Craig, Edward Gordon. "Dancing Girl" and "Susanna." Together, 2 woodcuts. 407x253 mm; 16x10 inches, on laid Japan paper. Both initialed by Craig and dated 1908, lower image; bottom edge titled and annotated in pencil "Only 30 copies printed" (though unnumbered) and marked 66 and 69 (reference numbers listed in L.M. Newman, Edward Gordon Craig, Black Figures). Susanna is marked "final state." Both slightly toned, a few gentle wrinkles, faint dampstaining to lower corners. Np [likely Florence], 1908
These images were part of a series of black figures and movable screens for stage settings that Craig was developing at this time. He based them on the wood and cardboard silhouettes used in his model stage to illustrate the scenes he envisioned for the production of the Moscow Hamlet. The one-dimensional figures were inked in black and pressed on thin paper or cloth, revealing in the print the stylized features and folds of the carved garments of the original silhouettes. ex-collection desmond heeley with proceeds of the sale to benefit the Desmond Heeley Revocable Trust.
