£3,500 

Eric Gill:
The Curwen Press Unicorn, 1926, (Curwen Press stock block no 848).
Framed (ref: 9527)
The original electrotype (copper), the original Flong (papier-mache), the original electrotype (steel faced), the original stereotype, and the original (photo-mechanical) print, presented together in a window mount, 13 1/2 x 11 3/4 in. (35 x 30 cm.)  overall

Tags: Eric Gill engraving plaster plate sculpture allegory animals design illustration science study 1.master prints

Provenance: Curwen Press; Phillips auction, 30.5.84, lot 250 Stuart and Kath McMinn

This design was commissioned from Gill by the Curwen Press for use in The Woodcut, (vol 1) 1927 and thereafter volumns II III and IV. It was extensively used in other Curwen publications up until 1973.