Eric Gill in Ditchling : four essays / edited by Peter Holliday.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McCann, Timothy J., author.

Lingen-Watson, Jill, author.

Contributor:

Holliday, Peter, 1938-2003, editor, author.

Oak Knoll Press, publisher.

Jean-François Vilain and Roger S. Wieck Collection of Private Presses, Ephemera, & Related References (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gill, Eric, 1882-1940.

Gill, Eric.

Gill, Eric, 1882-1940--Homes and haunts--England--Ditchling.

Artists--England--Biography.

Artists.

Lettering.

History.

England.

England--Ditchling.

Lettering--England--History--20th century.

Ditchling (England).

Genre:

Biographies.

Penn Provenance:

Vilain, Jean-François, 1942- (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)

Wieck, Roger S. (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)

Physical Description:

vii pages, 1 unnumbered page, 82 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New Castle, Del. : Oak Knoll Press, 2002.

Summary:

In this beautifully written and illustrated book the author focuses on Eric Gill's seventeen creative years in the Sussex village of Ditchling. In three insightful essays by Timothy McCann, Jill Lingen-Watson, and Peter Holliday, some of the unique facets of this renaissance man's life and work are explored. Gill is considered among the most talented artist-craftsmen of his age, and this work belongs on the shelf of typographers, artists, designers, and anyone who appreciates his genius.

Contents:

Eric Gill's photograph album, Rome 1906 / Peter Holliday

Eric Gill's inscriptional work in Ditchling / Timothy J. McCann

Finding Gill sculptures / Jill Lingen-Watson

Eric Gill, Amy Sawyer, and the Gladys panel / Peter Holliday.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Notes:

Kislak Center Vilain-Wieck Collection of Private Presses copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2016.

ISBN:

1584560754

OCLC:

50430804