"Simian Ecstasy" by Leon Underwood, Eng., (1890-1975) Featured Despite the two marginal tears

Despite the two marginal tears

5-9/16 x 5-3/8

on cream Van Gelder Zonen paper

but with a strong mat line and darkly toned margins from previous acidic mount

19-1/4 x 9

"Simian Ecstasy" by Leon Underwood, Eng., (1890-1975) Featured Despite the two marginal tearsWood 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