Robert (1889) Gibbings Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Robert (1889) Gibbings Art Value Price Guide

Mar. 12, 2025
Gibbings (Robert John, 1889-1958). Iris and insects, 1938
Est: £200 - £300
Gibbings (Robert John, 1889-1958). Iris and insects, 1938 AR * Gibbings (Robert John, 1889-1958). Iris and insects, 1938, wood engraving on cream laid paper, signed and dated in pencil, additional inscribed 'To M.(?) A. Rogers' lower left, minimally fixed to mount board with tape to each corner, sheet size 21 x 18 cm (8 1/4 x 7 ins), framed and glazed (38.5 x 31.5 cm) QTY: (1)
Dominic Winter Auctions
Mar. 12, 2025
Gibbings (Robert, 1889-1958). Twelve Woodcuts from Erewhon, 1923
Est: £200 - £300
Gibbings (Robert, 1889-1958). Twelve Woodcuts from Erewhon, 1923 AR * Gibbings (Robert, 1889-1958). Twelve Woodcuts (Decorations for Erewhon by Samuel Butler, 1923), portfolio of 12 woodcuts printed on thin laid japan, unsigned, sheet size 200 x 128 mm, loose as issued in original maroon cloth portfolio, with printed label to upper cover 'Twelve Woodcuts by Robert Gibbings', tie partly broken, some fading to spine, 8vo (210 x 140 mm) QTY: (1) NOTE: Gibbings' illustrated edition of Samuel Butler's Erewhon was first published by Jonathan Cape in 1923 with 38 woodcut illustrations. There was a deluxe issue of 25 numbered copies of the portfolio, with each print signed in pencil by the artist with the standard edition limited to 125 copies. The present portfolio contains all 12 of the woodcuts, but unsigned. The woodcuts form part of Gibbings' early oeuvre, being similar in style to City Walls, Hamrun and Clear Waters, which utilised the 'vanishing line' technique.
Dominic Winter Auctions
Feb. 12, 2025
§ ROBERT GIBBINGS (IRISH 1889-1958)
Est: £200 - £300
ROBERT GIBBINGS (IRISH 1889-1958) Fowey Harbour ca. 1920 wood engraving unsigned and unnumbered from the edition of 25 image 10cm diameter unframed/mounted ARR
Chiswick Auctions
Feb. 08, 2025
Robert Gibbings (Irish 1889-1958) wood engraving
Est: $300 - $500
The Lost Anchor wood engraving, 1936, signed in pencil in original presentation folder, published by The Woodcut Society, Kansas. 9 x 8 1/2''
Rachel Davis Fine Arts
Feb. 05, 2025
Robert Gibbings (1889-1958) Farmyard; The Two Pigs; Barn
Est: £600 - £800
Robert Gibbings (1889-1958) Farmyard; The Two Pigs; Barn Three woodcuts, circa 1920, each signed in pencil, two dedicated in pencil, each on wove paper, with full margins, largest sheet 165 x 120mm (6 1/2 x 4 3/4in) (3) This lot is sold subject to Artists Resale Rights, details of which can be found in our Terms and Conditions.
Forum Auctions - UK
Oct. 16, 2024
Gibbings (Robert, 1889-1958). Three photographs of carved stone figures, circa 19303
Est: £200 - £300
Gibbings (Robert, 1889-1958). Three photographs of carved stone figures, circa 19303 * Gibbings (Robert, 1889-1958). Three photographs of carved stone figures by Robert Gibbings, circa 1930s, each inscribed by the artist in green ink to verso 'Portland Stone or Bath Stone', and the size of the original work, and each signed by the artist, each 148 x 117 mm, together with seven photographs of Robert Gibbings, his wife and daughter, Patrick Gibbings, and others on the Thames at Moss' Boatyard, Reading, 27th July 1939, each annotated in pencil to verso (probably by Patience Empson), identifying the figures in each photograph, 83 x 120 mm, plus a Christmas card wood engraving of a toad by Robert Gibbings, circa 1930s, a copy of the Society of Wood Engravers 29th Exhibition, 29 September-1 November 1958, 19 mostly typewritten letters from Patience Empson to Lieutenant R. B. Goodden, Falmouth, almost all on headed pale blue note paper from Footbridge Cottage, Long Wittenham, Abingdon, Berkshire (Gibbings' home), mainly discussing wood engravings by Robert Gibbings and Golden Cockerel Press publications, 9 printed publicity brochures for Golden Cockerel Press, circa 1931-1959, and an unsigned wood engraving by Gibbings, Mid Coral Caves, Bermuda (framed and glazed) and a folio scrap book on Robert Gibbings compliled by Gwendolen Young, circa 1950s, containing news cuttings and printed articles by Gibbings, several reproductions of his work, and an autograph name and address for the artist in his own hand in pencil (mounted front) QTY: (30) NOTE: Provenance: Lieutenant Colonel Robert Blundell Goodden (1881-1972), Welsh Regiment, and British Military Attaché, Bucharest. Goodden had met Robert Gibbings on a troop ship during the First World War. In 1934 he offered Gibbings the use of his cottage Tresue at Maenporth near Falmouth, for him and his pregnant new partner Elisabeth Empson. See Martin J. Andrews The Life and Work of Robert Gibbings, page 181; thence by descent.
Dominic Winter Auctions
Oct. 16, 2024
Gibbings (Robert John, 1889-1958). A Series of 16 autograph letters signed, 1936-1939
Est: £300 - £500
Gibbings (Robert John, 1889-1958). A Series of 16 autograph letters signed, 1936-1939 * Gibbings (Robert John, 1889-1958). A Series of 16 autograph letters signed by Robert Gibbings to William Bridges, Department of Publications, The New York Zoological Society, 1936-1939, 16 autograph letters in Robert Gibbing's hand in ink on headed paper (either The Orchard, Waltham Saint Lawrence, reading, Berkshire, or The University, Reading, all signed, the contents relating to Gibbings' planned trip to Bermuda to see and draw the coral reefs, in 1936, and 1937 plans for a new trip to the Red Sea, etc., together with Original Typescript copies of Gibbings' article Artist Under the Sea, addressed to William Bridges, New York Zoological Park, 6 pages on thin typing paper, a similar typescript entitled Sharks Permitting or An Artist Under the Sea, 8 pages, each with several editorial corrections, the 2nd with pencil note at head 'about 1900 words', a group of 10 carbon copies of replies from William Bridges to Robert Gibbings, as well as several to various New York editors, including one to William Beebe asking permission for Gibbings to use Beebe's Bermuda Station facilities, and later autograph letter by Wiliam Bridges to David W. Coombs, dated November 18 1974, gifting the correspondance to him as a collector and enthusiast for the work of Robert Gibbings., plus a typewritten list of the letters compiled by Alan Tucker, poet and bookseller of Stroud, as well as an autograph letter signed by John Randel to Alan Tucker regarding the letters and thier possible publication in the journal Matrix, dated 23 October 1997 on Whittington Press headed paper QTY: (an archive)
Dominic Winter Auctions
Sep. 26, 2024
Robert Gibbings (1889-1958) Bermudian Fish signed, inscribed To Joan and Harold, wood engraving, 27cm x 18.5cm
Est: £30 - £50
Robert Gibbings (1889-1958) Bermudian Fish signed, inscribed To Joan and Harold, wood engraving, 27cm x 18.5cm
Bamfords Auctioneers and Valuers Ltd
Sep. 26, 2024
Robert Gibbings (Irish 1889 - 1958), Iris and Insects, woodcut, signed in pencil, dated 1958, 19.5cm x 16cm
Est: £40 - £60
Robert Gibbings (Irish 1889 - 1958), Iris and Insects, woodcut, signed in pencil, dated 1958, 19.5cm x 16cm
Bamfords Auctioneers and Valuers Ltd
Sep. 26, 2024
Robert Gibbings (1889 - 1958), by and after, The Retreat from Serbia, signed, colour woodcut, 20cm x 19cm
Est: £100 - £150
Robert Gibbings (1889 - 1958), by and after, The Retreat from Serbia, signed, colour woodcut, 20cm x 19cm
Bamfords Auctioneers and Valuers Ltd
Jul. 25, 2024
Gibbings (Robert, 1889-1958). The Retreat from Serbia, 1916
Est: £1,000 - £1,500
Gibbings (Robert, 1889-1958). The Retreat from Serbia, 1916 AR * Gibbings (Robert, 1889-1958). The Retreat from Serbia, 1916, woodcut printed in colours, on wove paper, signed and dated to lower right blank margin in pencil, some light spotting, image size 17.8 x 17.8 cm (7 x 7 ins), sheet size 23.7 x 21.1 cm QTY: (1) NOTE: This woodcut was used as the frontispiece to The Wood Engravings of Robert Gibbings, edited by Patience Empson. "The Retreat from Serbia is based on a remarkable photograph taken by a war correspondent, published in 'The Illustrated London News' on 15 January 1916. The Serbian commander-in-chief, Marshall Putnik, was heading the retreat from the Germans through Albania. His soldiers carried him in a sedan chair over the Bridge of the Visiers, which crossed a river, the White Drin. The artist's eye was caught by the stark but beautiful lines of the stonework of the sixteenth-century Ottoman bridge. Its distinctive parabola form, without any parapet, was characteristic of many bridges adapted from Roman architecture by Ottoman military engineers throughout the Turkish Empire. A subject matter for his early prints, Gibbings often used the silhouetted forms of architecture, as they were peculiarly suited to the hard-edged patterns rendered by the woodcut block. The subtle colouring enhances the melancholy nature of the subject." Margaret Timmers, ed., Impressions of the Twentieth Century: Fine Art Prints from the V&A Collections (London: V&A Publications, 2001).
Dominic Winter Auctions
Jun. 27, 2024
† Robert Gibbings (1889 - 1958), Corals reefs of Bermuda, signed 'Gibbings'(lower right), pencil and gouache on xylonite, 30 x 24.5 cm, framed and glazed 41 x 35 cm Labelled verso, 'Robert Gibbings: Original drawing made 20 feet under the sea on...
Est: £300 - £500
† Robert Gibbings (1889 - 1958), Corals reefs of Bermuda, signed 'Gibbings'(lower right), pencil and gouache on xylonite, 30 x 24.5 cm, framed and glazed 41 x 35 cm Labelled verso, 'Robert Gibbings: Original drawing made 20 feet under the sea on the coral reefs of Bermuda, 1937' Robert Gibbings, was a founding member of the Society of Wood Engravers and ran the Golden Cockerel Press until 1933. Gibbings illustrated a number of books on travel and natural history, and he became the first man to draw underwater using pencil and panels of xylonite during an expedition to Bermuda. Some of these illustrations were later used as wood engravings for 'Blue Angels and Whales' published in 1938.
Dawsons Auctioneers
Dec. 14, 2023
Powys (Llewelyn, 1884-1939). Glory of Life, with Wood Engravings by Robert Gibbings
Est: £300 - £500
Powys (Llewelyn, 1884-1939). Glory of Life, with Wood Engravings by Robert Gibbings Powys (Llewelyn, 1884-1939). Glory of Life, with Wood Engravings by Robert Gibbings, Waltham St. Lawrence, Golden Cockerel Press, 1934, wood-engraved frontispiece and illustrations to text, title-page in red and black, large initials in red, ownership inscription of Llewelyn's sister Getrudge M. Powys to front flyleaf with a note in her hand, 'Gertrude from Lulu [Llewelyn]', a small photograph of Llewelyn as an infant tipped on to following flyleaf recto and identified on page beneath, with a signed presentation note from the author and initialled poem on colophon leaf at rear, 'Given to Gertrude by Lulu with his love on a day between old and new Michaelmas and most precious! Oct. 6th 1935', the poem beneath beginning, 'In proud mood Gertrude, you have stood from your maidenhood, the fair warden of sunny Life's garden...', original 4-page prospectus loosely inserted, top edge gilt, remainder uncut, original vellum-backed cloth, gilt-titled spine, rubbed and soiled, folio, (limited edition, 223/277 copies including 2 on vellum) QTY: (1) NOTE: Provenance: The Powys Collection at Mappowder, Dorset.
Dominic Winter Auctions
Nov. 23, 2023
Robert Gibbings, Hamrun, 1922;
Est: £200 - £300
Robert Gibbings, British 1889-1958, Hamrun, 1922; woodcut in black and white on wove, from 'Contemporary English Woodcuts', 1922, published by Duckworth & Company, London, image: 15.5 x 25cm, (framed) (ARR)
Roseberys
Sep. 05, 2023
Robert Gibbings, Clear Waters, 1922
Est: £200 - £400
Robert Gibbings, British 1889-1958, Clear Waters, 1922; woodcut on wove, from the suite of Contemporary woodcuts, printed by the Baynard Press, initialled in the plate, from the edition of 550, image: 21.5 x 11.7 cm, (framed) (ARR)
Roseberys
Aug. 05, 2023
Robert Gibbings woodcut
Est: $50 - $100
Robert Gibbings (British 1889-1958) Clear Waters woodcut, 1920, as published by The Studio. 7 1/2 x 4"
Rachel Davis Fine Arts
Jun. 22, 2023
GIBBINGS PRINTS. GIBBINGS, ROBERT. 1889-1958. Twelve Wood Engravings. London: Baynard Press, 1921.
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
GIBBINGS PRINTS. GIBBINGS, ROBERT. 1889-1958. Twelve Wood Engravings. London: Baynard Press, 1921. 4to. 12 wood-engraved plates. Publisher's linen-backed printed boards. Foxing to boards, endpapers browned, light offsetting. Provenance: Provenance: From the distinguished collection of Delmer and Mary Lou Daves; Charles P. Greenough, III (bookplate). LIMITED EDITION, number 59 of 125 copies printed, signed by Gibbings on the limitation page. A founding member of the Society of Wood Engravers, Gibbings was known for both his illustrations and his books on travel and natural history. His distinctive 'vanishing line' technique is exemplified in this early collection of his images.
Bonhams
Jun. 15, 2023
Gibbings (Robert, 1889-1958). An archive from Robert Gibbings, between 1952-1993
Est: £200 - £300
* Gibbings (Robert, 1889-1958). An archive of correspondence between Robert Gibbings, and Patience Empson, (his partner, sister in law and secretary) and Mrs Eileen Mary Odams, 1952-1993, 55 hand or type written letters and cards, comprising: 8 letters from Gibbings (from 1952-57) and 47 from Patience Empson (from 1958-1993) to Mrs Eileen Odams, in one letter Gibbings describes his creative method: 'as regards "emotion"; yes, it is the first essential but there are others as well of which '"analysis" of that emotion is probably the first in importance. After analysis you have got to decide the "form" in which your thoughts can but be expressed and then the phrases and marks that will most clearly and succinctly impress the thoughts. Emotion is like the material from which a tailor cuts a suit of clothes. It has to be considered as carefully as the pattern of a tweed. The style has just to be planned to suit the wearer (the publisher). The stitching (the labour) must not show.', another letter from Patience Empson advising Mrs Odams 'Mr Gibbings is in hospital, having had a serious operation last Tuesday' dated 18th January 1958, (a day before his death), together with a collection of 40 books illustrated by Robert Gibbings, including: The Twelve Months by Llewelyn Powys, London: The Bodley Head, 1936; Over the Reefs and Far Away by Robert Gibbings, New York: E. P. Dutton & Co inc.,1948; Beasts and Saints translations by Helen Waddell, London: Constable and Company Ltd, 1934, (with previous ownership inscription of Alison Uttley and presentation inscription from Hilda (possibly Cowham?) dated 17.12.46); Coming Down the Seine by Robert Gibbings, London: J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd, 1953; Lovely is the Life by Robert Gibbings, signed, London: J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd, 1945 and a signed engraving of The Broken Reed, given by Gibbings to Eileen Odams in 1955, mount aperture 9.5 x 12.5 cm, framed and glazed (24.5 x 27 cm) QTY: (1 carton) NOTE: Provenance: Estate of Mrs Odams.
Dominic Winter Auctions
May. 25, 2023
§ Robert Gibbings (1889-1958)
Est: £150 - £250
§ Robert Gibbings (1889-1958) Two frogs; from Beasts and Saints signed 'Robert Gibbings' (lower right) wood engraving 13 x 11cm
Cheffins
Mar. 08, 2023
Gibbings (Robert John, 1889-1958). The Mill, 1919
Est: £150 - £200
Gibbings (Robert John, 1889-1958). The Mill, 1919 AR * Gibbings (Robert John, 1889-1958). The Mill, 1919, woodcut on cream wove paper, signed and dated in pencil to lower margin, image size 10.8 x 7 cm (4 1/4 x 2 3/4 ins), sheet size 12.5 x 8.9 cm (4 7/8 x 3 1/2 ins) QTY: (1) NOTE: Empson, Wood-Engravings of Robert Gibbings, 11.
Dominic Winter Auctions
Feb. 09, 2023
ROBERT JOHN GIBBINGS (Anglo-Irish, 1889-1958). Animals Led Into Arc, 1928, Wood engraving as included in "Lamia, Isabella, The Eve of S
Est: $150 - $250
ROBERT JOHN GIBBINGS (Anglo-Irish, 1889-1958). Animals Led Into Arc, 1928, Wood engraving as included in "Lamia, Isabella, The Eve of Saint Agners & Other Poems, with Engravings by Robert Gibbins" published by The Golden Cockerel Press, 1928. Unframed. Note: The artwork is not glued down to a hard surface; it is mounted with hinges to a removable back board. - Image: 6 1/2 in. × 5 1/5 in.; Sheet: 10 3/4 in. × 8 ¼ in.
Sloans & Kenyon
Oct. 19, 2022
Gibbings (Robert, 1859-1958). illustration for Le Morte d'Arthur, 1936, wood engraving, signed
Est: £200 - £300
Gibbings (Robert, 1859-1958). illustration for Le Morte d'Arthur, 1936, wood engraving, signed AR * Gibbings (Robert, 1859-1958). Cannibal: Frontispiece to Chapter 1, Book the Fifth of Le Morte d'Arthur, The Story of King Arthur and his Noble Knights of the Round Table by Thomas Malory, printed by William Caxton, published by The Golden Cockerel Press, 1936, wood engraving, a very good, even and black, hors texte impression on fibrous Japan paper with wirelines, signed in pencil, with margins, a deckle edge at bottom, image 10 x 12.5 cm (4 x 5 ins) sheet size 21 x 26.8 cm (8 1/4 x 10 1/2 ins), in very good condition, in a conservation mount QTY: (1)
Dominic Winter Auctions
Oct. 19, 2022
Gibbings (Robert, 1889-1958). MId Coral Caves, Bermuda, 1932
Est: £200 - £300
Gibbings (Robert, 1889-1958). MId Coral Caves, Bermuda, 1932 AR * Gibbings (Robert, 1889-1958). MId Coral Caves, Bermuda, from Fourteen Wood Engravings, 1932, wood engraving on thin, fibrous Japan paper with wirelines, a very good, black, evenly printed impression, signed in pencil, numbered 7.20, with margins, some light-staining, image size 18.8 x 16.4 cm (7 3/8 x 6 1/4 ins), sheet size 27 x 21 cm (10 5/8 x 8 1/4 ins), in a conservation mount QTY: (1) NOTE: Literature: Andrews p. 159, fig. 157
Dominic Winter Auctions
Sep. 28, 2022
§ Gibbings, Robert (1889-1958) Collection of proof wood-engravings for Over the Reefs, [1948]
Est: £300 - £500
§ Gibbings, Robert (1889-1958) Collection of proof wood-engravings for Over the Reefs, [1948] 10 wood-engravings on 9 separate sheets of lightweight laid Japanese paper, each approx. 13.5 x 10.5cm and reverse, 2 signed and 6 initialled by Gibbings (all in pencil), 2 unsigned Qty: (9) Note: Over the Reefs, an account of Gibbings' travels in Australasia and the Pacific, was published by J. M. Dent in 1948. Provenance: 1) G. F. Sims, bookseller, in an envelope with his typescript catalogue description on self-adhesive label (price £225). 2) Property of an English collector.
Lyon & Turnbull
Sep. 28, 2022
§ Gibbings, Robert (1889-1958) Collection of proof wood-engravings for Golden Cockerel Press publications, [1924-30]
Est: £400 - £600
§ Gibbings, Robert (1889-1958) Collection of proof wood-engravings for Golden Cockerel Press publications, [1924-30] 13 in total, all on lightweight Japanese paper, various dimensions (sheet sizes 16 x 12cm to 22.5 x 20.5cm), 9 signed by Robert Gibbings (in pencil), and including: 5 wood-engravings for Songs and Poems by Henry Carey, 1924 (all signed); 4 for Where I Lived, and What I Lived For, by Henry David Thoreau, 1924 (all but one signed); 1 for Pelagea and Other Poems, by A. E. Coppard, 1926 (signed); and 3 for The 7th Man, A True Cannibal Tale ... by Robert Gibbings, 1930 (unsigned); a few spotted, a few with adhesive staining or remains of paper tabs to corners, each housed in separate envelope with bookseller's typescript label (G. F. Sims) Qty: (13) Provenance: Property of an English collector.
Lyon & Turnbull
Jul. 21, 2022
AR * Gibbings (Robert, 1889-1958). The City Walls, Salonica, 1918, woodcut
Est: £200 - £400
AR * Gibbings (Robert, 1889-1958). The City Walls, Salonica, 1918, woodcut Gibbings (Robert, 1889-1958). The City Walls, Salonica, 1918, woodcut on wove paper, a very good, black impression, signed and dated in pencil below image, titled in pencil by the artist in the lower left blank margin, published in an edition of 50 impressions, with margins, image size 81 x 152 mm (3 1/4 x 6 ins), sheet size 136 x 182 mm (5 3/8 x 7 1/8 ins), one or two minor roughened spots to black areas, the sheet folded at right, a slight crease where previously folded in the lower margin, in good condition, framed and glazed (37.5 x 32.2 cm) QTY: (1) NOTE: Empson 8
Dominic Winter Auctions
Jul. 21, 2022
AR * Gibbings (Robert John, 1889-1958). Clear Waters, 1920, woodcut on wove paper
Est: £2,000 - £3,000
AR * Gibbings (Robert John, 1889-1958). Clear Waters, 1920, woodcut on wove paper Gibbings (Robert John, 1889-1958). Clear Waters, 1920, woodcut on wove paper, from the published edition of 50 impressions, signed, dated, and numbered 46.50 in pencil, and titled in the artist's hand to lower left blank margin, a few light marks to outer blank margins (generally in very good condition), hinge-mounted to upper outer corners of the sheet, 248 x 133 mm (9.75 x 5.25 ins), sheet size 305 x 190 mm (12.5 x 7.5 ins), framed and glazed QTY: (1) NOTE: One of Gibbings' most striking and well-known woodcuts from his early period (1918-1922), using the 'vanishing line' technique, in which the form is not defined by line, but the boundary between light and shadow (also exploited to great effect by fellow artist Edward Wadsworth).
Dominic Winter Auctions
May. 26, 2022
§ Robert Gibbings (Irish 1889-1958)
Est: £150 - £250
§ Robert Gibbings (Irish 1889-1958) Whale Hunt, probably an illustration from The Wreck of the Whale Ship Essex, Owen Chase, published by the Golden Cockerel Press, 1935 signed 'Robertgibbings' (lower right) wood engraving, unframed 25.5 x 20cm (sheet) Born in Cork in 1889, artist, sculptor, and author Robert Gibbings is widely regarded as one of the most influential and significant printmakers of the 20th century, notable both for his role as a founder member of the Society of Wood Engravers and for his work at the helm of the Golden Cockerel Press. After a brief career as a commercial artist, in 1924, Gibbings took over as the owner and director of the Golden Cockerel Press. Under his auspices, the press became a pivotal vehicle for wood engraving, bringing the medium to the collective attention of the public. Of the 72 books produced in those nine years, 48 were illustrated with engravings. In addition to his prodigious talents as a wood engraver, Gibbings was also known as a hugely industrial writer, celebrated for his series of bestselling river books, notably Sweet Thames run Softly.
Cheffins
May. 26, 2022
§ Robert Gibbings (Irish 1889-1958)
Est: £150 - £250
§ Robert Gibbings (Irish 1889-1958) A group of three unframed wood engravings, to include: Perch, Birds Nest, and Otter each signed 'Robert Gibbings' (lower right) the largest 14 x 21cm (sheet)
Cheffins
May. 26, 2022
§ Robert Gibbings (Irish 1889-1958)
Est: £150 - £250
§ Robert Gibbings (Irish 1889-1958) A group of three unframed wood engravings, to include: Bull by a Gate, Countryside Landscape, and Farmer and Cattle each signed 'Robert Gibbings' (lower right) the largest 20.5 x 18cm (sheet)
Cheffins
May. 25, 2022
Robert Gibbings, Irish 1889–1958
Est: £300 - £500
Robert Gibbings, Irish 1889–1958 The Red Sea, 1938; pencil on xylonite, signed lower right 'Gibbings', 27 x 21.8 cm (ARR) Provenance: Patience Empson, and thence by descent Note: this work was made 20 feet under the water in the Red Sea. Gibbings was a founding member, alongside Eric Gill, Gwen Raverat and John Nash, of the Society of Wood Engravers in 1920, known for his simplified modern style. Patience Empson edited 'The Wood Engravings of Robert Gibbings'. Please refer to department for condition report
Roseberys
Mar. 09, 2022
AR * Gibbings (Robert, 18889-1958). The Retreat from Serbia, 1916
Est: £1,500 - £2,000
AR * Gibbings (Robert, 18889-1958). The Retreat from Serbia, 1916 Gibbings (Robert, 1889-1958). The Retreat from Serbia, 1916, woodcut printed in colours, on thin card, signed and dated to lower right blank margin, some light spots (mainly to left side and blank margins), sheet size 34.0 x 31.5cm (13 3/8 x 12 3/8ins), window mounted, framed and glazed (35.3 x 34.3 cm), with gallery label of Jeremy Cooper Limited, London to verso Qty: (1) Footnote: This woodcut was used as the frontispiece to The Wood Engravings of Robert Gibbings, edited by Patience Empson.
Dominic Winter Auctions
Aug. 01, 2021
Robert John Gibbings, (1889-1958) Britain, Bookplate Designed for The Book Society c.1930, Wood engraving, 12.5 x 10 cm sheet
Est: $40 - $80
Robert John Gibbings (1889-1958) Britain Bookplate Designed for The Book Society c.1930, Wood engraving
Theodore Bruce Auctioneers & Valuers
May. 30, 2021
Robert John Gibbings (1889-1958) Britain Bookplate Designed for The Book Society c.1930, Wood engraving
Est: $80 - $120
Robert John Gibbings (1889-1958) Britain Bookplate Designed for The Book Society c.1930, Wood engraving 12.5 x 10 cm sheet LITERATURE: Guichard p.39
Theodore Bruce Auctioneers & Valuers
Feb. 20, 2021
ROBERT GIBBINGS - The Busy Hour, Martinique
Est: $100 - $150
ROBERT GIBBINGS (Irish, 1889-1958) "The Busy Hour, Martinique" - Reproduction print on paper. Titled lower centre, unframed with mat. 10 x 7 in.
Saskatchewan Network for Art Collecting
Feb. 20, 2021
ROBERT GIBBINGS - Sophia Josephine, Trinidad
Est: $100 - $150
ROBERT GIBBINGS (Irish, 1889-1958) "Sophia Josephine, Trinidad" - Reproduction print on paper. Titled lower centre, unframed with mat. 10 x 7 in.
Saskatchewan Network for Art Collecting
Feb. 20, 2021
ROBERT GIBBINGS - Mrs. Hezekiah Brown
Est: $100 - $150
ROBERT GIBBINGS (Irish, 1889-1958) "Mrs. Hezekiah Brown" - Reproduction print on paper. 'Printed by Robert Gibbings Golden Cockerel Press' verso, titled lower centre, unframed with mat. 10 x 7 in.
Saskatchewan Network for Art Collecting
Mar. 10, 2020
Autograph Letters Signed:
Est: £800 - £1,200
Autograph Letters Signed: GIBBINGS, Robert John (23 March 1889 19 January 1958): A collection, 40 letters and 4 post cards all hand written to: Mrs. Vera Court (a friend of many of the dancers in the Ballets Russes): two dated 1944 & 1955, the rest 1941; Six of the letters with his woodcuts (14 in total) tipped-in and mostly signed or initialled in pencil; plus a letter with an original sketch; Plus: 10 of his woodcuts (either signed or initialled) loosely inserted; Plus six post cards with his design (unused); 3 photographs; a flyer- order form for 'Sweet Thames Run Softly'. Also an oil painting of Vera Court. Note: Gibbings was an Irish artist and author who was most noted for his work as a wood engraver and sculptor, and for his books on travel and natural history. He was one of the founder members of the Society of Wood Engravers in 1920, and was a major influence in the revival of wood engraving in the twentieth century.
Sworders
Oct. 23, 2019
§ GWEN RAVERAT (1885-1957) GROUP OF WOODBLOCK ETCHINGS
Est: £400 - £600
to include DANCING BOYS, signed and inscribed in pencil, 23.5cm x 32.5cm; HARVEST BY THE SEA, signed and inscribed in pencil, 10.5cm x 17cm; BOYS BATHING, signed and inscribed in pencil, 11cm x 16cm; BOLSHEVISTS AGENT, signed and inscribed in pencil, 16.5cm x 15.5cm; AUGUST, inscribed, 9cm x 12cm; and another in the same frame, signed in pencil, 9.5cm x 11.5cm (5)
Lyon & Turnbull
Oct. 20, 2019
Robert GIBBINGS [Irish, 1889 - 1958] The lost anchor 1936 wood engraving, initialed R.G. in the plate lower right signed in lower margin
Est: $200 - $250
Robert GIBBINGS [Irish, 1889 - 1958] The lost anchor 1936 wood engraving, initialed R.G. in the plate lower right signed in lower margin; from a limited edition of 200 23 x 22cm (image)
Leski Auctions Pty Ltd
Jul. 25, 2019
* Gibbings (Robert, 1889-1995). XIV Engravings on Wood, Golden Cockerel Press, [1932]
Est: £100 - £150
* Gibbings (Robert John, 1889-1958). Fourteen Wood Engravings by Robert Gibbings from Drawings made on Orient Line Cruises, Golden Cockerel Press, [1932], fourteen wood engravings, printed presentation slip from Orient Line Cruises loosely inserted, dated October 1932, original yellow printed wrappers, stitched as issued, some minor marks to extremities, slim folio (Qty: 1)
Dominic Winter Auctions
Jul. 25, 2019
* (ARR) Gibbings (Robert, 1889-1958). A Corner in Malta, 1918
Est: £700 - £1,000
* (ARR) Gibbings (Robert, 1889-1958). A Corner in Malta, 1918, colour woodcut, signed and dated in pencil, image size 9.4 x 13.2 cm (3.75 x 5.25 ins), with margins, framed and glazed, with ownership stamp of Patience Empson, and typewritten exhibition label for A True Tale of Love in Tonga, Crawford Gallery, Cork, 2006, to verso (Qty: 1)
Dominic Winter Auctions
May. 29, 2019
Robert Gibbings (1889-1958) British. "South Sea Men", Woodcut, Signed and Numbered 15/20 in Pencil, 3.5" x 4". Provenance: Goldmark Gallery, Rutland.
Est: £60 - £80
Robert Gibbings (1889-1958) British. "South Sea Men", Woodcut, Signed and Numbered 15/20 in Pencil, 3.5" x 4". Provenance: Goldmark Gallery, Rutland.
John Nicholson's Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers
Jul. 18, 2018
* Gibbings (Robert John, 1889-1958). Sitting Out, 1929,
Est: £200 - £300
woodcut on laid paper, watermarked Hand Made, signed in pencil, image size 12.8 x 11.3 cm (5.1 x 4.5 ins), sheet size 21.5 x 17 cm (8.5 x 6.7 ins), together with another woodcut on thin pale cream japan paper by Robert Gibbings of a snake coiled in tropical undergrowth, signed, sheet size 12 x 16.5 cm (4.75 x 6.5 ins), plus Gill (Eric, 1882-1940). Dress 1920, wood engraving on paper originally designed the Welfare Handbook (after the illustration by Edmund Sullivan for A Modern Utopia by H.G. Wells), here reissued by Douglas Cleverdon in 1929 (Engravings by Eric Gill, Bristol, Douglas Cleverdon, 1929) - Quantity (3)
Dominic Winter Auctions
Apr. 08, 2018
GIBBINGS, Robert (Irish 1889-1958)
Est: $200 - $400
'South Sea Men'
Davidson Auctions
Feb. 28, 2018
ROBERT GIBBINGS (1889-1958) A Bermudian fish, wood engraving, signed in p
Est: £100 - £150
ROBERT GIBBINGS (1889-1958) A Bermudian fish, wood engraving, signed in pencil, 27 x 20cm With James Bourlet & Sons Ltd
Mallams
Dec. 09, 2017
Robert Gibbings wood engraving
Est: $100 - $200
Robert Gibbings (Irish 1889-1958)- ''The Lost Anchor''- wood engraving, 1936, signed in pencil in original presentation folder, published by The Woodcut Society, Kansas, very good condition. 9 x 8 1/2''
Rachel Davis Fine Arts
Mar. 22, 2017
AR ROBERT GIBBINGS (IRISH, 1889-1958) - Nude in Pool
Est: £3,000 - £5,000
AR ROBERT GIBBINGS (IRISH, 1889-1958) Nude in Pool Wood engraving, 1920, on wove, signed, dated and inscribed ‘18- 100’ in pencil, with full margins, 290 x 255mm (11 3/8 x 10 1/8in)(B) (unframed)
Bonhams