"Simian Ecstasy" by Leon Underwood, Eng., (1890-1975) Featured save for a tiny retouch

save for a tiny retouch in the dark floor at bottom center

signed with initials in the plate

on a smooth white chine colle laid on what seems to be a recycled cream wove backing sheet

His work is held in many public and private collections

This is a classic image from 1950 which though small in format reveals Barrer's characteristic structures

"Simian Ecstasy" by Leon Underwood, Eng., (1890-1975) Featured save for a tiny retouchWood Engraving, 1933, ed. 250, 7 1 2 x 4 5 16, signed, titled & numbered in pencil, on smooth cream NORMANDY VELLUM paper, soft fold to top left corner, a few soft folds to the outer margins, well away from subject. Leon Underwood was a rennaissance man, a scholar of African & Cycladic art, a visionary modern sculptor, painter, draftsman and wood engraver, who counted among hs students Henry Moore, Gertrude Hermes and Blair Hughes Stanton. "Simian