A group of material signed for Sir Ashley Clarke and his wife Virginia (Surtees, née Bell), comprising:

Craig (Edward Gordon)

A group of material signed for Sir Ashley Clarke and his wife Virginia (Surtees, née Bell), comprising:

- [Proof wood-cut:] 'View over Boboli Gardens from Piazzi Pitti - a room 3rd Floor', 76/150 COPIES, dated 1908 in pencil at foot of image, and signed by Craig with his initials in 1925, inscribed by the artist in pencil to 'Mr and Mrs Ashley Clarke from EGC', tipped to art-paper, very faint spotting, 5 x 14.5 cm approx. (image size), displayed in a mount, very good condition- [Proof wood-cut:] 'Lorenzo & Jessica running away with wild music playing' (Block No 223, State 2, No 1), inscribed by the artist in pencil 'To Virginia - 1950 - an unfinished oddity', tipped to card, 9.5 x 8.5 cm approx. (image size), very good condition- Two copies of Janet Leeper's Edward Gordon Craig, King Penguin Books 40, 1948: one in very good condition and inscribed by Craig ('To Ashley Clarke, without excuses, from EGC, 1948'); the other in poor condition and inscribed by the author ('Virginia & Ashley, from Janet, with love, 22 October 1948, 18 November 1948') (Fletcher & Rood B31a)

Description: various sizes and formats, mixed condition, as listed

Publication Details: various publishers, 1925-circa 1950

Notes: The recipients were the British diplomat, ambassador to Italy, and his wife, the art historian Virginia Surtees; a copy of a letter to Clarke from the V & A Museum, in 1968, thanks him for the loan of materials (including the present work) for an exhibition, accompanied by a listing of the items.[With:] A Living Theatre: The Gordon Craig School, The Arena Goldoni, The Mask. Setting fort the Aims and Objects of the Movement and Showing by Many Illustrations the City of Florence, The Arena. Florence, 1913, SECOND EDITION, various engravings both historical and contemporary (including by Craig),...moreThe recipients were the British diplomat, ambassador to Italy, and his wife, the art historian Virginia Surtees; a copy of a letter to Clarke from the V & A Museum, in 1968, thanks him for the loan of materials (including the present work) for an exhibition, accompanied by a listing of the items.[With:] A Living Theatre: The Gordon Craig School, The Arena Goldoni, The Mask. Setting fort the Aims and Objects of the Movement and Showing by Many Illustrations the City of Florence, The Arena. Florence, 1913, SECOND EDITION, various engravings both historical and contemporary (including by Craig), one folding plate, pp. 73, [7], 8vo, original wrappers, slightly frayed at head of darkened backstrip, crease to top corner of front, edges untrimmed, good (Fletcher & Rood A18c) HIDE

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