Unsung Heroines | Twentieth Century British Art by Evelyn Dunbar: “Ex Libris Hylda Roots – Design for an Ex Libris commission [HMO 337]”

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Artist Evelyn Dunbar: Ex Libris Hylda Roots – Design for an Ex Libris commission [HMO 337]

Artist Evelyn Dunbar (1906-1960): Ex Libris Hylda Roots – Design for an Ex Libris commission [HMO 337]

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Evelyn Dunbar (1906-1960):
Ex Libris Hylda Roots – Design for an Ex Libris commission [HMO 337]
Framed (ref: 6753)

Inscribed recto with instructions to printer (Potter Press, Oxford).

Pencil, pen & ink and white gouache on paper.

9.1 x 6.5 in. (23 x 16.5 cm)

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Provenance: Roger Folley; Alasdair Dunbar; Hammer Mill Oast Collection

Exhibited: Evelyn Dunbar - The Lost Works, Pallant House Gallery, October 2015 - February 2016, cat 123.

Literature: Evelyn Dunbar - The Lost Works, eds Sacha Llewellyn & Paul Liss, July 2015, cat 123, page 174;

Evelyn Dunbar: A Life in Painting, Christopher Campbell-Howes, October 2016, page 413.

Dunbar’s design for an Ex Libris label - which could be stuck on to the flyleaf or inside the front cover of books to denote ownership - was a commission from one Hylda Roots. It is not known who the lady was. She was possibly a friend or acquaintance from Dunbar’s Oxford days, 1947-50.

We are grateful to Christopher Campbell-Howes for assistance.