Artwork
Rood Collection
Rood Collection is a print by Edward Gordon Craig. It dates from 1962 and is held in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum.
About this work
This is one of eight wood engravings Craig made for a Hamlet edition in 1962. It’s a print, not a painting, on paper. He printed just 26 copies total—this is Copy Q.
The set was released late in Craig’s long life. He started designing for theater early but kept making prints until the end.
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Overview
This wood engraving is one of eight prints from a 1962 limited-edition folio of Hamlet illustrations by Edward Gordon Craig, produced in a run of 26 copies.
This wood engraving is one of eight prints from a 1962 limited-edition folio of Hamlet illustrations by Edward Gordon Craig, produced in a run of 26 copies. The print depicts a fragment of the play’s setting through a door and window grille, rendered in black ink without figures. It is copy Q of the lettered edition. The composition focuses on spatial arrangement within the architectural elements.
Artist & collection
Artist
Edward Henry Gordon Craig, was an English modernist theatre practitioner; Part of the Terry family and son of the actress Ellen Terry, he worked as an actor in his youth before becoming a director and scenic designer,…
