Lot 74
River Anchorage c.1948
screenprint, printed in colour from 14 stencils, ed. of 38
titled and signed in pencil below image
39 x 48cm
Estimate $800 - $1,200
This work is in overall good condition. There is discolouration to the paper, however colours are vibrant and intact. Overall frame measuring 70 x 78cm.
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Estate of the Artist
Butler, B. Alan Sumner Screenprints, Eastgate Gallery, Melbourne 1993, p. 91 (illus.)
'A morning scene at Mordialloc. A very difficult design to carry out in screen printing, 17 colours, many of them transparencies, were used. The original was an oil painting done with my students one day in 1946' (The Artist)
Prints & Multiples
AUCTION
Sale: LJ8452
6:00pm - 6 April 2022
333 Malvern Rd, South Yarra 3141
VIEWING
Friday 1 - Sunday 3 April, 10am - 4pm
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