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20TH-CENTURY BRITISH WOOD ENGRAVING PRINTS

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Wood engraving, a form of relief printmaking, was widely used in thewere Eric Ravilious. Christopher R. W. Nevinson, Agnes Miller Parker and Clifford Webb. Interest in wood engravings is on the rise as part of the burgeoning demand for 20th-century Mod-Brit works of art, but there are still bargains to be found. In a recent Art & Design Sale, Cheffins sold a 1934 Eric Ravilious print for £1,100, a 1932 illustration for by Agnes Miller Parker for £595, and a print by Clifford Webb for £465.

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