Bank Holiday
Etching and aquatint, 1923, Bolling / Withington 25, edition 55. 10 3/8 x 8 1/4 in. Signed in pencil. A superb impression in fine condition with full margins. Here we have an exemplary work by Knight with remarkable detailing in the background depicting children on swings. Her skills with the aquatint medium are consistently outstanding.
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Circus Dressing Room
Etching and aquatint, 1925, Bolling/Withington 41, edition 20 plus 5 trial proofs. 13 7/8 x 9 3/4 in. Signed in pencil. This is a superb, rich impression with full margins. The condition is a fine apart from small, soft wrinkles at the edges of the sheet, notably along the left edge. These do not appear near the image. Knight had a passion for the circus and did several works relating to circus life. In the first half of the century she was one of the most highly regarded of British artists and in 1936 she became the first woman to be created a Royal Academician since the original women members Angelica Kauffmann and Mary Moser.
$2,200

Circus Dressing Room
Etching and aquatint, 1925, Bolling & Withington 41 (ii/II), edition 20 plus five trial proofs. 14 x 9 7/8 in. Signed in pencil, lower right. This is a superb, luminous impression of this large and impressive work. The paper is a fine laid with the watermark DAVID STRANG. The margins are full. The condition is excellent with just a slight suggestion of time toning in the extreme outer edge of the sheet. Knight was fascinated with the circus and these works are among her best. She was created a Dame of the British Empire (DBE) in 1929 and became the first woman elected to the Royal Academy (1936) since it was founded in 1768. Her prints were done in small editions which makes them somewhat hard to come by today.
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Lady with a Shawl
Soft ground etching with aquatint, 1926, Bolling/Withington 45; edition 35. 13 1/2 x 9 7/8 in. Signed in pencil. This is a superb impression in fine condition. The margins are full. (There are two paper hinges at the left edge of the sheet and a small, subtle tape stain in the center, verso, not showing on the front.)
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Three Graces of the Ballet
Soft ground etching, 1926, Bolling/Withington 43; edition 30. 13 7/8 x 9 3/4 in. Signed in pencil. Here we have a fine, rich impression with full margins. The condition is fine apart from two small, old paper hinges on the left edge of the sheet. Knight produced several prints of women dressing with a focus on clothes, mirrors and make-up within the atmosphere of a theatrical dressing room. This is one of her best prints.
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