Lot 30

The work is in good condition. There is a small tear to the paper outside of the image in the margin, approximately 8mm visible. Overall size is 45.5 x 46cm. (LEONARD JOEL CONTACTLESS DELIVERY $88 within 20km of Melbourne premises)


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Private collection, Melbourne

Barbara enrolled in the National Gallery School in 1946 and was taught by Alan Sumner, one of the first modernist teachers and a pioneering screenprinter. She also enrolled and spent time at the George Bell School where she met artist Dorothy Braund. The pair were to remain lifelong friends, and travelled to Europe together in the late 1940's, before Brash returned to Melbourne in 1951. In the early 50's Brash became heavily involved with the printmaking scene in Melbourne and joined groups with other artists including Mary Macqueen and Lesbia Thorpe. This earlier linocut work was made in the artist's late 20's and reflects her preoccupation with the linocut method of printing and a style deeply rooted in classical Modernism. It was not until later in her career that she moved towards a more abstract subject way of working and adopted the screenprint and later, digital printing. 

Related work:
Harbour 1954, gouache on paper, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra

Examples of this print are held in the collections of the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, and the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra.