Gwen, Née Darwin Raverat

§ Gwen Raverat (British, 1885-1957) Stream and Woodland signed lower right with initials "GR" oil on board h:38 w:30 cm Provenance: Private collection, Cambridge Gwen Raverat was the daughter of Sir George Darwin, Professor of Astronomy at Cambridge University and the grand-daughter of Charles Darwin. She studied at the Slade from 1908-1911 and was a self-taught wood engraver. In 1911 she married Jacques Raverat, a fellow art student. The pair were close friends of Eric Gill, Stanley Spencer and Andre Gide. In 1920 Gwen Raverat became a founder-member of the Society of Wood Engravers and an Associate of the Royal Society of Painter-Etchers and Engravers. Raverat's role within the revival of wood engraving cannot be underestimated. She published books containing modern wood engravings from 1915 and illustrated a huge quantity of books throughout her life. Darwin College, Cambridge, occupies both her childhood home and the neighbouring Old Granary where she lived for the last years of her life. Estimate £400-600 The painting is on board laid to a material matt background. The top left hand corner has a 1cm paint loss . Otherwise condition appears fine.

426. Gwen Raverat The Dwarf, wood engraving, artist's proof, 4th state, 1937, 115 x 85mm (4 1/2 x 3 1/4 in); with Low Shore, signed in pencil, 2nd state, from an edition of 60, c.1928, 75 x 100mm (3 x 4 in); with the Eric Ravilious wood engraving Garden Memories, from an edition of 200, Previous Parrot Press 1994, 75 x 95mm (2 3/4 x 3 3/4 in) (3).

196. Gwen Raverat (1885-1957) thumbelina and the toad wood engraving, circa 1931, a proof, inscribed This is not for thisbook, this is just to show the sort of things I coulddo , on japan paper, with margins, in good condition, 55 x100mm. with; The Meeting, circa 1931, a proof inscribed this is just to show the sort of thing , on japanpaper, with margins, in good condition, 35 x 100mm. (2)

137. Gwen Raverat (1885-1957) Europa (and the Bull) linocut printed in colours, signed and titled in pencil, numbered 13, on wove paper, with full margins, 140 x 200 mm (5 1/2 x 7 7/8 in)

Gwen Raverat (British, 1885-1957), King Lear, signed and titled in pencil, wood engraving, 11 x 8cm.