Swallows 1936

VERA BLACKBURN (1911-1991)

Swallows 1936

linocut
25.5 x 24.5 cm (image); 35.0 x 28.0 cm (sheet)
signed and dated lower right: Vera Blackburn 1936
titled lower left: Swallows
bears inscription lower right: CAT NO12
bears inscription verso: A2283/ MCC 1614

edition size unknown

Provenance:
Josef Lebovic Gallery, Sydney (label attached verso)
Private collection, Sydney

Exhibited:
Society of Artists' Annual Exhibition 1934, Education Department Gallery, Sydney, 7 September - 5 October 1934 (another example)
Society of Artists' Annual Exhibition 1936, Education Department Gallery, Sydney, 4 September - 2 October 1936 (another example)
Vera Blackburn, Deutscher Galleries, Melbourne, 4-18 October 1979, cat.17 (another example)
The Ward Gallery, Sydney, 21 October - 9 November 1979, cat.18 (another example)
Masterpieces of Australian Printmaking, Josef Lebovic Gallery, Sydney, 30 April - 30 May 1987, cat.11 (this example)

Reference:
Lebovic, J., Masterpieces of Australian Printmaking, Josef Lebovic Gallery, Sydney, 1987, p.14, cat.11 (illus. p15, this example)

Related Works:
Untitled (Study for the print Swallows) 1936, pencil and ink on paper, 30.0 x 26.5 cm, National Gallery of Australia collection, Canberra

Estimate: $3000 - 5000

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