Lot 63

Work is in good condition, colours are vibrant and intact. There is foxing seen to the upper left edge in two locations. Overall frame measuring 72 x 77cm.


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Estate of the Artist

Butler, B. Alan Sumner Screenprints, Eastgate Gallery, Melbourne 1993, p. 35 (illus.)

'The first work of art for this was an oil painting. It seemed to me a good group of shapes and forms. I redesigned it entirely for a screen print using mostly opaque colour with the line of figures dark against light. Always I was interested first in the drawing or design, then the quality of the printing, next the colour harmony and finally the subject. Usually all these facets came together at the one time as I worked. I had not yet discovered how to arrive at transparencies.' (The Artist)