The Duomo Steps, Siena 1931
linocut, ed. 3/25
signed and dated lower right: EW. Syme 1931.
titled and editioned lower left
23 x 18cm
Estimate $6,000 - $8,000
Mossgreen Auctions, Melbourne, 19 February 2013, lot 633
Private collection, Melbourne
Watercolours and Linocuts by E. W. Syme, Everyman's Lending Library, Melbourne, 18 August - 1 September 1931 (another example)
Exhibition of Progressive Art, Modern Art Centre, Sydney, March 1932 (another example)
Exhibition of Linocuts, Everyman's Lending Library, Melbourne, 5 - 16 April 1932 (another example)
Linocuts and Engravings by E. W. Syme, Arts and Crafts Gallery, Melbourne, 5 - 16 May 1936 (another example)
Spowers & Syme, Canberra Museum and Art Gallery in association with the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, 13 August 2021 – 12 February 2022, then touring to: Western Plains Cultural Centre, Dubbo, 26 February – 29 May 2022; Geelong Gallery, Victoria, 16 July – 16 October 2022; S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney, 3 December 2022 – 12 February 2023; and Qut Art Museum, Brisbane, 11 March – 4 June 2023 (another example)
Coppel, S., Linocuts of the Machine Age: Claude Flight and the Grosvenor School, Scholar Press, London, 1995, p. 181 (illus., another example)
Noordhuis-Fairfax, S., Spowers & Syme, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, 2021, pp. 77, 93 (illus., another example)
Another example of this print is held in the collection of the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra.
Women Artists
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6:00pm - 14 September 2026
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