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This is one of the best biographies I have ever read. Eric Gill was a tough subject for the writer 'the problems and contradictions of Gill the man and Gill the artist are examined'. As well as his wife he slept with his family, his friend's wives, and even with a friend's husband, but the author does not let this cloud the fact he was a Genius. The illustrations of the numerous Gill typefaces are art in themselves. The story of the pudenda on Ariel outside the BBC in London is worthy of a film. 'The BBC Governors where invited to a preview. They were startled by what seemed to them a palpable exaggeration in the size of Ariel's pudenda. A meeting was called to discuss the matter.' If that does not tempt you to read the book nothing will? HIGHLY recommended.
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