ETHEL SPOWERS
1890-1947
The Noisy Parrot 1926
Estimate $2,500 – $3,500
PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF DAME NELLIE MELBA GBE
ETHEL SPOWERS
1890-1947
The Noisy Parrot 1926
colour linocut on paper
inscribed 'The Noisy Parrot.4. 'lower left; signed 'E. L. Spowers.' lower right; artist's monogram upper left; dated '1926' upper right
edition 4 of unknown
24.7 x 21.8 cm (image)
- Lot Sold $8,000 (Hammer Price)
- $9,760 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)
Provenance
Dame Nellie Melba GBE
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 3, pp. 168, 169 (illustrated, another impression)
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Alison AlfordConsultant Arts & DesignSydney T: +61 (0)2 9302 2402 E: Alison Alford |
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