John Buckland Wright
(1897-1954)
''Forest Pool,'' 1939
Wood engraving on laid paper
Edition: 68/200
Signed and numbered in pencil in the lower margin: John Buckland Wright; with the printed title, date, and edition information as part of the colophon on the verso of the presentation mat/folder; the work is secured with three clear archival corners to the original wove paper presentation mat/folder; The Woodcut Society, Kansas City, MO, pub.; Together with the original wove paper envelope and tissue guard
Image: 6" H x 7.75" W; Sheet: 8.875" H x 11.125" W
Provenance: The Collection of Frederick W. Davis
Private Collection, Southern California, by descent from the above

Other Notes: "Among many excellent wood engravers of our time, none, I venture to say, surpasses John Buckland Wright in the beauty and finish of his work in the kind of en-graving which he has chosen to practice: the minute and delicate white-line pattern on a black ground, of which Forest Pool is a favorable example. This composition is enlarged and elaborated in reverse, from a much smaller engraving which he did in 1936 as an illustration, to "LoveNight," by Powys Mathers (Golden Cockerel Press). The new version, while retaining many features of the old one - the trees with great roots forcing their way upwards to the air, the big leaves, the pool with rings and reflections on its surface - is now much enriched with exquisite detail. Two women standing and kneeling replace very happily a single seated figure. Between and beneath the forest trees grow palms and tropical plants of varied and attractive forms, and the curved surface of the open forest glade is enriched with infinitely delicate stippling and hatching in white dots and lines." - Campbell Dodgson, 1939

Overall good condition with full margins. As stated, the work is secured with three clear archival corners to the original wove paper presentation mat/folder. The original presentation mat/folder with very pale time staining and occasional minor surface soiling and soft handling creases, not affecting the wood engraving. Two 1" dia. smudges to presentation mat at lower margins, one recto, one verso. With one 2" soft crease to interior of mat/folder in the upper left corner.

Unframed
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