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• Auction House:
  Deutscher and Hackett
• Sale Name:
  Important Australian and International Works of Art
• Sale Date:
  30 Nov 2011 ~ 7pm
• Lot #:
  2
• Lot Description:
  Ethel Spowers
  (1890 - 1947)
  Swings, 1932
  colour linocut on buff oriental laid tissue
  24.0 x 26.0 cm
  edition: 26/50; signed, dated, titled and numbered below image
• Provenance:
  Estate of Oswald Syme, Melbourne; Thence by descent; Private collection, Victoria
• Exhibited:
  Coppel, S., "Linocuts of the Machine Age: Claude Flight and the Grosvenor School", Scolar Press, Aldershot, England, in assoc. National Gallery of Australia, 1995, pl. 41, p. [46] and pp. 172-173, cat. ES22 (illus., another example)
• References:
  "Exhibition of Linocuts", Everyman's Lending Library, Melbourne, 5-16 April 1932, cat. 19 (another example); "Modern Colour Prints", The Redfern Gallery, London, 21 July - 20 August 1932, cat. 30 (another example)
• Notes:
  Other examples of this print are held in the collections of the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, and the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney Essay: "Swings" 1932 belongs to an outstanding group of rhythmic modernist designs by Spowers featuring children playing, including "The Giant Stride" 1932, "Fox and Gees" 1933, "Tug of War" 1933 and "Children's Hoops" 1936 "After viewing a second Melbourne show of linocuts in April 1932, [Arthur] Streeton's opinion changed. Spowers" work, particularly "The Gust of Wind" and "Swings" received favourable comment for its harmonious colour and design."1 The provenance of both "Wet Afternoon" and "Swings" is of particular interest having formerly been in the collection of Oswald Syme (1878-1967) former chairman of the "Age" newspaper and relative of Eveline Syme whose grandfather Ebenezer Syme (1826 - 1860) acquired the "Age" in 1856. 1. Coppel, S., "Linocuts of the Machine Age: Claude Flight and the Grosvenor School, Scolar Press, Aldershot, England, in assoc. National Gallery of Australia, 1995, p. 67
• Estimate:
  A$15,000 - 20,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Art

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