Edward Wolfe, RA (1897-1982)
Song of Songs
- a set of twelve coloured lithographs on silver paper each signed and numbered 53/250 in pencil on the mount
- each 36 by 26.5 cm.; 14 by 10 ½ in.
- The Song of Songs (also known as the Song of Solomon or the Canticle of Canticles) is one the Bible’s remarkable celebrations of erotic and romantic love. Edward Wolfe painted the original twelve drawings in ink and gouache on Chinese silver paper in 1930 to accompany a new translation of the text by the novelist and poet Louis Goldring. At the time the techniques did not exist to reproduce the drawings as prints however a number of years later the artist met the master printer Adrian Lack who made this possible. So 250 copies of the twelve drawings were made and sold by the Royal Academy.
£2,800 for the set
£1,600 for six
£600 for two
£450 for one
Edward Wolfe, RA (1897-2003)
Born in South Africa, he moved to England in 1916 and attended the Slade School of Art, 1916-1918. Having met Roger Fry he became involved with the Bloomsbury Group. In 1919 he became aware of Matisse and Modigliani and in 1922 rented a studio in Montparnasse. His work is vibrant, employing a rich use of colour.
