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Current bid: $7,000 CAD
Bidding History
Paddle # Date Amount

38733 30-Jul-2020 12:59:52 PM $7,000

35853 30-Jul-2020 12:59:03 PM $6,500 AutoBid

38733 30-Jul-2020 12:59:03 PM $6,000

35853 30-Jul-2020 10:29:09 AM $5,500 AutoBid

The bidding history list updated on: Friday, March 29, 2024 04:11:35

LOT 123

CPE
1898 - 1992
Canadian

Ploughing Pasture
linocut in 4 colours, 1955
signed, titled, editioned 47/60 and inscribed "#2" in the margin
11 1/2 x 14 1/4 in, 29.2 x 36.2 cm

Estimate: $7,000 - $9,000 CAD

Sold for: $8,750

Preview at: Heffel Toronto – 13 Hazelton Ave

PROVENANCE
Private Collection, Vancouver Island
Sold sale of Fine Canadian Art, Heffel Fine Art Auction House, May 28, 2009, lot 502
Private Collection, Toronto

LITERATURE
Peter White, Sybil Andrews, Glenbow Museum, 1982, reproduced pages 44 and 62
Stephen Coppel, Linocuts of the Machine Age, 1995, reproduced page 121, catalogue #SA 54
Gordon Samuel, The Cutting Edge of Modernity, Osborne Samuel Ltd., 2013, reproduced page 36
Hana Leaper, Sybil Andrews Linocuts: A Complete Catalogue Raisonné, 2015, reproduced page 108

EXHIBITED
Glenbow Museum, Calgary, Sybil Andrews, September 14 - October 22, 1982, same image, catalogue #50
Osborne Samuel Ltd., The Cutting Edge of Modernity, April 11 - May 11, 2013, same image


Born in Bury St. Edmunds, England, Sybil Andrews worked with a range of media – however, it is her striking linocuts that generated international praise. During her time studying at the Grosvenor School under Claude Flight, Andrews was introduced to the aesthetics of Futurism and the innovative practice of linocut printing. Her acclaimed linocuts celebrate both the dynamism of the machine age and the powerful movement and dedication of working people. Ploughing Pasture is a vibrant example of the pastoral scenes that recurred within Andrews’s prints following her move to Canada after the Second World War. The sweeping lines, bold colour and rhythmic forms of this print beautifully combine her mastery of the modern linocut technique with her memories of rural Suffolk life.


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