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Ornamental initials G and Q (page 27) from CANTICUM CANTICORUM SALOMONIS
1931
Initial G (comp.): 1/2 x 1/2" (1.3 x 1.3 cm) Initial Q (comp.): 9/16 x 1/2" (1.4 x 1.3 cm)
Museum of Modern Art
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Eric Gill
1882
Sculpture
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187
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225
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Sculpture and Sculptor's Drawings
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1941
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Modern Painters and Sculptors as Illustrators
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1936
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Sculptors' Drawings
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1933
About
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Eric Gill was an English sculptor, letter cutter, and typeface designer whose work bridged fine art and functional craft in the early twentieth century. His carved stone reliefs and lettering established a distinctive aesthetic vocabulary that rejected industrial standardization in favor of hand-cut precision and classical proportion. Gill designed typefaces of lasting influence and executed major public commissions, including sculptural works for architectural settings. His practice emerged from a conviction that art and craft were inseparable from ethical and spiritual life, though this philosophy became complicated by posthumous revelations regarding his conduct.
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