GORDON CRAIG, Edward. ~ Torch Bearer.
c.1928
Original wood engraving on Japanese paper. Signed ‘Craig’ in pencil, possibly later and perhaps by a relative. A good well, inked impression. Only 20 editioned copies appeared on japon, this is a proof6.3
Image size 16.3 x 5.5 cm. Mounted.
One of two torch bearers on facing pages beneath Act III, Scene II where the players begin the play ‘The Mousetrap’.
The illustration appears on p.91 of the English and p.97 of the German, edition of the Cranach Press Hamlet.
No. 24 in Newman’s ‘The Black Figures of Edward Gordon Craig’ which she calls “Candlebearer 4”.
Stock ref: 12871
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