Sold for: $12,500

PROVENANCE
Sold sale of Deutscher-Menzies, March 25, 2009, lot 6
Private Collection, Toronto

LITERATURE
Peter White, Sybil Andrews, Glenbow Museum, 1982, reproduced pages 47 and 61
Stephen Coppel, Linocuts of the Machine Age, 1995, reproduced page 120, catalogue #SA 51
Hana Leaper, Sybil Andrews Linocuts: A Complete Catalogue Raisonné, 2015, reproduced page 105
Janet Nicol, On the Curve: The Life and Art of Sybil Andrews, 2019, pages 83-84, reproduced page 82

EXHIBITED
Glenbow Museum, Calgary, Sybil Andrews, September 14 - October 22, 1982, same image, catalogue #48
Art Gallery of Hamilton, Industrial Images, May 28 - July 26, 1987, same image

Inspired by the dynamism of the Futurist movement, Sybil Andrews crafted an indelible series of linocuts featuring figures in motion; particularly the figure at work. Andrews was sensitive to this theme, having worked in England during the Second World War in the yards of the British Power Boat Company. After relocating to Vancouver Island in 1947, she was inspired by the local logging community in Campbell River to create Coffee Bar. In this superb linocut, Andrews crafts a rhythmic composition through the varying angles of the men’s elbows and caps, while the vibrancy of their patterned shirts expresses a jaunty vitality. Coffee Bar is a striking example of Sybil Andrews’ admiration of the daily experiences of working communities and a celebration of her new home.

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