Straphangers 1921 (printed 1981)

Sybil Andrews (1898-1992, British, Canadian)

Straphangers 1921 (printed 1981)

colour linocut
31.0 x 38.0 cm
titled, numbered and signed below image
edition: 31/50

Provenance:
Company collection, Sydney

Exhibited:
First Edition of British Lino-cuts, Redfern Gallery, London, 4 - 27 July 1929, cat.38 (another example)

Reference:
'Works of Art on Linoleum. All You Need is a Knife, Rib of Umbrella, and a Toothbrush,' Star, London, 4 July 1929
'British Lino-cuts at the Redfern Gallery,' Spectator, London, 12 July 1929, p.12
'Lino-Cuts,' Christian Science Monitor, Boston, 22 July 1929, p.8
Furst, H., 'First Exhibition of British Lino-cuts at the Redfern Gallery,' Apollo, London, vol.10, no.56, August 1929, p.20
Coppel, S. Linocuts of the Machine Age: Claude Flight and the Grosvenor School, Scholar Press in association with the National Gallery of Australia, 1995, p.107, cat.SA 5 (illus., another example)

Estimate: $12000 - 16000

Result Hammer: $16000