Lot 31

This work is in fair condition, consistent with age. There are no apparent tears and holes on the paper surface. There is minor discolouration throughout the paper, as with age. The work has been recently restored by a conservator.

The work has been inspected outside of its frame and is not laid down. A photograph of the back of the work can be provided upon request.


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Josef Lebovic Gallery, Sydney
Private collection, Sydney
Leonard Joel, The Estate of Colin Lanceley, Sydney, 16 November 2015, lot 197
Private collection, Sydney

Exhibition of Pictures by the Contemporary Group of Artists, David Jones' Galleries, Sydney, July 1937, no. 93 (another example).
A Survey of Australian Relief Prints 1900/1950, Deutscher Galleries, Melbourne, 13 April-5 May 1978, cat. 180 (another example).
Melbourne Woodcuts and Linocuts of the 1920's and 1930's, Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, Victoria, 1981 (another example)

Butler, R. and Deutscher, C., A Survey of Australian Relief Prints 1900/1950, Deutscher Galleries, Melbourne, 1978, cat. 180, p. 91 (illus., another example).
Butler, R., Melbourne Woodcuts and Linocuts of the 1920's and 1930's, Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, Victoria, 1981, unpaginated (illus., another example).
Coppel, S., Linocuts of the Machine Age: Claude Flight and the Grosvenor School, Scolar Press, Aldershot, England, in association with the National Gallery of Australia, 1995, cat. 20, pp. 184–185, pl. 43 (illus., another example).