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Blair Hughes-Stanton

  1902 - 1981
 
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The Storm sold

The Storm   1956

Original wood engraving.

Very rare – only 12 signed proof impressions were ever printed of this wood engraving. An outstanding hand-burnished proof, hand-printed by the artist himself, dramatically superior in quality to the published book issue.

SOLD



Courage & Temperence sold

Courage & Temperence   1956

Original wood engraving.

Very rare – only 12 signed proof impressions were ever printed of this wood engraving. An outstanding hand-burnished proof, hand-printed by the artist himself, dramatically superior in quality to the published book issue.

SOLD



Chance sold

Chance   1956

Original wood engraving.

Very rare – only 12 signed proof impressions were ever printed of this wood engraving. An outstanding hand-burnished proof, hand-printed by the artist himself, dramatically superior in quality to the published book issue.

SOLD



Wisdom & Justice sold

Wisdom & Justice   1956

Original wood engraving.

Very rare – only 12 signed proof impressions were ever printed of this wood engraving. An outstanding hand-burnished proof, hand-printed by the artist himself, dramatically superior in quality to the published book issue.

SOLD



Divine Wisdom sold

Divine Wisdom   1956

Original wood engraving.

Very rare – only 12 signed proof impressions were ever printed of this wood engraving. An outstanding hand-burnished proof, hand-printed by the artist himself, dramatically superior in quality to the published book issue.

SOLD



Son of Man sold

Son of Man   1932

Original wood engraving.

Very rare – one of only 12 signed proofs to have been printed from this block.

SOLD

 

Technically Blair Hughes-Stanton was one of the most skilled of the 20th century wood engravers. A superb draughtsman, he developed an exceptionally fine white line technique which was so intricate that the best of his work could not be reproduced effectively in commercial printing. Blair Hughes-Stanton became Director of the Gregynog Press where he controlled every aspect of the production of some of the finest private press limited edition books to be issued in the U.K. during the first half of the twentieth-century. [more]