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HEFFEL FINE ART AUCTION HOUSE 11
103 SYBIL ANDREWS
CPE 1898 ~ 1992
Skaters
linocut in 4 colours, signed,
titled and editioned 26/60, 1953
7 7/8 x 14 3/4 in, 20 x 37.5 cm
PROVENANCE:
DeVooght Gallery, Vancouver
Private Collection, Vancouver
LITERATURE:
Peter White, Sybil Andrews, Glenbow Museum, 1982,
reproduced page 61
Lora S. Urbanelli, The Grosvenor School: British Linocuts Between
the Wars, Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, 1988,
same image reproduced page 45
Stephen Coppel, Linocuts of the Machine Age, 1995, reproduced
page 120, catalogue #SA 52
EXHIBITED:
Glenbow Museum, Calgary, Sybil Andrews, 1982, same image,
catalogue #49
Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, The Grosvenor
School: British Linocuts Between the Wars, January 22 ~ March 20, 1988,
traveling in 1988 to the Cleveland Museum of Art and the Santa Barbara
Museum of Art, same image, catalogue #8
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The image of the skater on the left was initially used in a design for a
London Passenger Transport Board poster Sybil Andrews made in the
1930s in collaboration with Cyril E. Power, advertising ice~hockey
matches at Wembley Park. Although this linocut was made in 1953 after
she had moved from England to Vancouver Island, it retains the spirit of
the 1930s. While in England, Andrews was part of the Grosvenor School
of linocut artists, whose modernist work was influenced by the Futurist
movement and the changes wrought by industrialization. The subject of
sport was ideal for portraying the energy of coordinated movement, and
Andrews also depicted horse races, football players and rowers. What was
emphasized about these figures in synchronized movement was their
teamwork and their anonymity, as opposed to the individuality of sports
heroes, reflecting the social and egalitarian outlook shared by the
Grosvenor School. This dynamic print reinforces the intensity of the
skaters’ forward thrust by elongating their skate blades against a
background of the stylized curves of their track, their bodies moving as
finely~balanced racing machines.
This is a fine impression with strong colours on thicker oriental paper.
ESTIMATE: $10,000 ~ 15,000