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- 1936
Color Linocut.
Glenbow 36, Coppel
SA 36. Edition 60. Signed, titled, numbered 1/60 in pencil, in
the image, upper left.
Image size 11 3/4
x 8 3/4 inches (298 x 219 mm); sheet size 12 15/16 x 10 1/4 inches (334
x 260 mm).
A brilliant, luminous,
early impression, on buff Japanese mulberry tissue, with margins (1/8
to 1 1/8 inches), in excellent condition. From 4 blocks, printed in :
1) venetian red, 2) crimson,
3) viridian, 4) Chinese blue.
"This print was
inspired by the prehistoric barrow mounds commonly found in parts of East
Anglia." --Coppel, Linocuts of the Machine Age.
Exhibited: London,
1936 (Redfern); Melborne, 1937 (BA). Illustrated in Linocuts of the
Machine Age by Stephen Coppel, National Gallery of Australia, 1995.
Collections: British Museum, GM.
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