Omega Cuts. With an Introduction by Judith Collins.

(Omega Workshop.) GREENWOOD (Jeremy)

Published by Wood Lea Press Woodbridge Suffolk, 1998

About this Item

FIRST EDITION, 90/105 SPECIAL ISSUE COPIES (of an edition of 555 copies), numerous reproductions of wood-engravings by members of the Omega Workshops, including a number of tipped in colour-printed plates, also with 3 pages of reproductions of photographs of woodblocks, the title printed in pale grey; with the 13-page special issue supplement, 'Original Woodcuts by Three Artists [Vanessa Bell, Dora Carrington, Roger Fry]', 4 wood-engravings by Bell, one by Carrington and 5 by Fry, each printed on the recto of a separate leaf from original blocks held in the Hogarth Press archive, matching red patterned wrappers over card, numerous reproductions of wood-engravings by members of the Omega Workshops, including a number of tipped in colour-printed plates, also with 3 pages of reproductions of photographs of woodblocks, the title printed in pale grey, pp. 150; 13, folio original quarter maroon morocco, backstrip with Omega emblem blocked in red and gilt, red patterned boards, supplement with matching patterned wrappers over card, housed in clamshell canvas box with omega emblem on and upper board, fine. A beautifully produced overview of a project begun in 1913 by Roger Fry, Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant, which also includes wood-engravings fromDora Carrington, Wyndham Lewis, Henri Gaudier-Brzeska, Edward Wadsworth, E. McKnight Kauffer et al. The Workshop closed in 1919, but represents a fertile, creative period for the artists involved.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Omega Cuts. With an Introduction by Judith Collins.
• Publisher: Wood Lea Press Woodbridge Suffolk
• Publication Date: 1998
• Seller catalogs:
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