DAV I D J O N E S 18 9 5 – 19 7 4 Let There be One Fair Girl WOLSELEY FINE ARTS Notes . All items are framed . Height is give before width in centimetres . Items may be viewed on appointment before the commencement of the exhibition . E numbers in the engraving section refer to The Engravings of David Jones: A Survey by Douglas Cleverdon, Clover Hill editions . Prices are subject to alteration without notice Front cover: The Three Graces , catalogue number Back cover: Y Twmpa – Capel , catalogue number DAV I D J O N E S 18 9 5 – 19 7 4 Let There be One Fair Girl Paintings, drawings and engravings Private View Wednesday November –. pm Exhibition dates November – December Open Wednesday – Saturday, am – pm (Saturday pm) Derek Shiel will give a talk on the works in the exhibition on Wednesday November Please reserve your places in advance. Price £ including a glass of wine WOLSELEY FINE ARTS LIMITED Needham Road, Westbourne Grove London W RP Tel: + () , Fax: + () Email: info@wolseleyfine arts.com www.wolseleyfinearts.com Cat. no. Cat. no. Cat. no. PA I N T I N G S & D R AW I N G S . The Model – £, Pencil and pastel, . x cm Dated, inscribed “Westminster” and signed Jones lower left Provenance: The David Jones Estate . Salad Servers c. £, Illustrated Carved wood, x . x . cm each Provenance: Petra Tegetmeier Literature: Jonathan Miles and Derek Shiel, David Jones The Maker Unmade, Seren Press, page illustrated. Cat. no. . Y Twmpa – Capel £, Illustrated back cover Watercolour over pencil, x cm Signed and dated lower right Inscribed with the original title on the reverse “Marshy ground under an hill” and “No ” and signed again Literature: Jonathan Miles and Derek Shiel, David Jones The Maker Unmade, Seren Press page illustrated. . Unus Homo per Acquam Nobis Restituit Rem £, Black crayon and ink on paper, x cm Signed and dated lower right Provenance: Petra Tegetmeier The drawings relates to the event that took place on Christmas Eve when David Jones and René Hague were sent out from The Monastery at Capel-y-ffin to investigate why there was no water. They discovered that the stream had been blocked by a local farmer. Cat. no. . Canal at Hythe £, Illustrated Watercolour over pencil, . x cm Signed, dated and inscribed “Hythe, Kent” lower right and again on the reverse Provenance: The David Jones Estate . Bay on Caldy Island £, Illustrated Watercolour over pencil laid down, x cm, Signed and dated lower right Cat. no. . Seated Nude £, Pencil and pastel, x cm Signed and dated lower left and dated again upper right .. . Two Wolves c. £, . Elephant c. £, . Pelicans c. £, Pencil, x cm Provenance: The David Jones estate Pencil, x cm Provenance: The David Jones Estate Pencil, x cm Provenance: The David Jones Estate . Antelopes c. £, Oil on irregular sized canvas, x cm Provenance: Gillian Jason Gallery On moving at some time after the painting was made Jones cut out roughly and inexpertly a number of oil canvases. Oil paintings are not unknown in Jones’ oeuvre but are uncommon. Literature: The David Jones Society Journal Date , Volume I, No . Cat. no. . Sir Gareth and Dame Lyones £, Illustrated Pencil and coloured crayon, x cm Provenance: Anthony d’Offay Gallery sold to Sir Geoffrey Keynes The drawing shows Sir Gareth bursting through the window into the bedchamber of Dame Lyones whilst a knight jumps up to defend her, . Helen the Empress inscription £, . Girl in Capel landscape with Hill Ponies c. £, Watercolour and ink, x . cm Dated Aug Provenance: Petra Tegetmeier Illustrated Pencil, . x . cm Provenance: The David Jones Estate . Vobis Cum Est Iope c. £, Illustrated page Painted inscription on asbestos, x cm Four lines in Latin painted in red from Propertius II which can be translated as follows Iope is with you, fair Tyro is with you and all the Roman girls who were in that number please let there be one lovely girl in the world above The inscription was made by Jones for the fireplace in his room at Northwick Lodge, Harrow. Above the mantelpiece hung a portrait of Petra Gill. . Studies of the Artist’s Left Hand c. Pencil and pastel, . x cm Provenance: The David Jones Estate £, Cat. no. . Standing Girl c. £, Illustrated Coloured crayons on paper laid down, x . cm Provenance: The David Jones Estate . The Three Graces £, Illustrated front cover Gouache and pastel over pencil on paper laid down on cardboard, x cm Signed, titled and dated on the reverse Provenance: The David Jones Estate . Girl with Flowers in her Hand c. £, Illustrated Pencil and coloured crayon, x cm Provenance: The David Jones Estate E N G R AV I N G S . The Bear £ Wood engraving E, . x . cm No edition, very rare; block later made into a sculpture Provenance: Petra Tegetmeier . Jesus before Pilate £ Wood engraving E, . x . cm Signed Used in The Game Provenance: Petra Tegetmeier Cat. no. . Nativity with Shepherds and Animals £ Two wood engravings E, st and final states (of ?), each . x . cm Cleverdon illustrates an intermediate state as the final state but these unique proofs suggest that there was further work to the block Provenance: Petra Tegetmeier . Jack Squire £ Wood engraving E, . x . cm Signed Provenance: Petra Tegetmeier . Pedimented Door with Garden Beyond £ Unique trial proof E, . x cm Cleverdon dates this to c. but it would appear to be an unused illustration conceived for Libellus Lapidum, St. Dominic’s Press Provenance: Petra Tegetmeier . Nativity with Cross and Star £ . Tenby from Caldy Island £ Wood engraving E, . x cm Signed Provenance: Petra Tegetmeier Wood engraving E, . x . cm Signed and inscribed “Caldy Island ( ?)” Provenance: The David Jones Estate Items ‒ for Gulliver’s Travels, The Golden Cockerel Press . Gulliver Takes Leave of his Family £ . Gulliver is Shipwrecked £ . Gulliver is Tied Down £ . Gulliver Creeps through the Gate £ Proof wood engraving E, x cm Proof wood engraving E, . x . cm Proof wood engraving E, . x . cm Wood engraving E, . x . cm Signed Cat. no. Cat. no. . Huntsman Leaps over Gulliver’s Foot £ . Gulliver Cuts down Trees £ Wood engraving E, . x . cm Signed Illustrated Proof wood engraving E, . x . . Gulliver Draws Enemy Fleet £ Illustrated Proof wood engraving E, . x . cm . Farmer’s Wife Scrutinises Gulliver £ Illustrated Proof wood engraving E, x cm Cat. no. . Gulliver Kisses the Queen’s Little Finger £ . Queen Shows Gulliver to the King £ Proof wood engraving E, x cm Cat. no. Proof wood engraving E, . x . cm . Gulliver is Knocked Down by an Apple £, Preliminary drawings for the wood engraving and a trial proof engraving E mounted together, . x . cm . Gulliver is Seized by a Monkey £ . Cavalry Brandish their Swords £ . Sloop Chased by Pirate Ships £ Proof wood engraving E, . x cm Proof wood engraving E, x cm Proof wood engraving E, x . cm Cat. no. . Geometrical Dinner £ Illustrated Proof wood engraving E, . x . cm . Lord Munodi’s Country House £ Proof wood engraving E, . x . cm Cat. no. . Frame of Speculative Knowledge £ . Apparitions £ Proof wood engraving E, . x . cm Illustrated Proof wood engraving E, . x cm . Whore on Back Stairs £ . Map of the Fourth Voyage £ Proof wood engraving E, . x . cm Illustrated Proof wood engraving E, . x cm . Yahoo Stares at Gulliver £ Proof wood engraving E, . x . cm Cat. no. . Sorrel Nag Offers Hay to Gulliver £ . Female Yahoo Embraces Gulliver £ Proof wood engraving, E, . x . cm Wood engraving E, . x . cm Signed . Shepherds c. £ Illustrated Intaglio wood engraving E, . x . cm No edition printed during Jones’ lifetime. An edition of struck by Wolseley Fine Arts in and printed by Ian Mortimer, IM Imprimit with the permission of the David Jones Estate Cat. no. . Puma £ Copper engraving E, . x . cm Signed and dated Provenance: The David Jones Estate . The Waters Compassed Me About £ Wood engraving E, . x . cm Signed and dated lower right Provenance: The David Jones Estate An illustration for The Book of Jonah, Golden Cockerel Press . The Crucifixion £ Illustrated Proof wood engraving E, . x . cm For Llyfr y Pregeth-wr (The Book of Ecclesiastes), Greganog Press . Kneeling Figure Cat. no. £ Proof wood engraving E, . x . cm For Llyfr y Pregeth-wr (The Book of Ecclesiastes), Greganog Press . The Artist £ Proof wood engraving E Used as the frontispiece of Christianity and Art, Francis Walterston Provenance: The David Jones estate Items ‒ for Seven Fables of Aesop published by The Lanston Monotype Corporation . There were no published editions of these prints and all are scarce. . The Piping Fisherman Illustrated Proof copper engraving E, . x . cm This print was also used as an insert for the deluxe version of Fleuron VI in Provenance: The David Jones Estate Cat. no. £ . The Jackdaw and the Ram £ . The Lion and the Ass £ Proof copper engraving E, . x . cm Provenance: The David Jones Estate Illustrated Proof copper engraving E, . x . cm Provenance: The David Jones Estate . The Fox and the Ape Cat. no. £ Proof copper engraving E, . x . cm Provenance: The David Jones Estate Items ‒ for The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Douglas Cleverdon . The Wedding Guests £, Copper engraving E, . x . cm Signed and numbered / The first of the large plate illustrations Provenance: The David Jones Estate Cat. no. . Life-in-Death - £, Illustrated on page Copper engraving E, . x . cm Signed and numbered / The fourth of the large plate illustrations Provenance: The David Jones Estate . Tailpiece II; Pelican in her Piety £ Copper engraving E, . x . cm Signed and dated Provenance: The David Jones Estate . Tailpiece III; Pelican in her Piety £ Illustrated Proof copper engraving E, . x cm Unused illustration due to spelling error in lettering Cat. no. . Everyman £ Illustrated Proof wood engraving E, x . cm . The Bride £ Illustrated on page Proof wood engraving E, . x . cm Inscribed in red ink “Petra Helen” . Animals and Shepherds £, Illustrated Drypoint E, x . cm Inscribed “Plate abandoned” and signed with initials. No edition very rare Provenance: The David Jones Estate Cat. no. . Nativity with Shepherds and Beasts Rejoicing - £ Illustrated Proof drypoint E, x . cm Provenance: The David Jones Estate . The Wounded Knight - £, Drypoint E final state, x . cm A very fine proof impression printed in green ink There was no contemporary edition of this print. The Redfern Gallery made a numbered edition printed in black ink after the war. Provenance: The David Jones Estate . Books Cat. no. (a) The Engravings of David Jones: A Survey by Douglas Cleverdon, Clover Hill Editions . One of the ordinary numbered copies. A catalogue raisonné of the engravings and a bibliography. Most plates printed from the original wood blocks. £, (b) The Maker Unmade by Dr Jonathan Miles and Derek Shiel, Seren Press . The most comprehensive survey of Jones as an artist. £. 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