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GILL, ERIC. Ex-Libris for Jacob Weiss. Original wood block, Signed printed bookplate, working sketch, and Typed Letter Signed concerning the commission. Woodblock (and print) measures 106x66 mm, verso carved with Gill's initials and the number 575. The Ex Libris is Signed in pencil, lower right, as well as in the plate, and is framed above a detailed working sketch for it, with Gill's indications, initialed lower right and dated "10.4.'35." The Typed Letter Signed is addressed to a Mr. Radin. 1 page, 8vo, personal stationery; folds. High Wycombe, 6 December 1935. High Wycombe, 1935
Gill's "Eve" created for Jacob Weiss is a beautiful piece that exemplifies his themes of sensuality and religion. This bookplate was item # 198 of the retrospective of Gill's engraved work shown at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London in 1963. The TLS discusses the Weiss bookplate and its delay as a result of printer/bookseller Douglas Cleverdon's non-payment, his having recently "started a small printing press," and for his having "always been a bad correspondent, and I am afraid his affairs are none too straight." He thanks Radin for his interest in his work and looks forward to creating another bookplate for a Mr. Kahn.
