ETHEL SPOWERS
1890-1947
The Island of the Dead 1927
Estimate $18,000 – $25,000
PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION, SYDNEY
ETHEL SPOWERS
1890-1947
The Island of the Dead 1927
colour linocut on paper
inscribed 'The Island of the Dead. Tasmania. 6.' lower left; signed and dated 'E. L. Spowers. 1927' and artist's monogram lower right
edition 6 of unknown
19 x 24.5 cm
- Lot Sold $18,000 (Hammer Price)
- $21,960 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)
Provenance
Paraphernalia, Melbourne
Private Collection, Sydney, acquired from the above
Exhibited
The Asian Interface. Australian Artists and the Far East, Art Gallery Of New South Wales, 3 September 1983 - 2 October 1983, no. 45
Literature
Stephen Coppel, Linocuts of the Machine Age: Claude Flight and the Grosvenor School, Scolar Press, Aldershot, U.K., in association with the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, 1995, cat. no. ES 9, p. 170 (illustrated, another impression)
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