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Grosvenor School of Modern Art
Divertissement, c.1932
Linocut printed on buff oriental laid tissue in 4 blocks: mixture
of yellow, ochre & chrome yellow; chrome orange; viridian;
cobalt blue.
Signed, titled and numbered in pencil from the edition of 60
23.2 x 31.5 cm (9 1/8 x 12 ½ in)
This study of stage light and shadow was inspired by the brilliant
spectacle of the Ballet Russe performances in London during the
late 1920's.
Exhibited:
Modernity : British Colour Linocuts of the 1920's and 1930's, De
La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill on Sea, 21 November 1999- 16 January
2000.
Rhythms of Modern Life: British Prints 1914-1939, Museum of Fine
Arts, Boston, 30 January - 1st June 2008; Metropolitan Museum
of Fine Art, New York, 23 September - 7 December 2008;
Wolfsonian, Florida International University, 29 November 2009 -
28 February 2010
The Linocut Art of Cyril Power, Osborne Samuel, 2008
Literature:
Coppel, Stephen, Linocuts of the Machine Age, published by Scolar
Press, 1995, CEP 33, p.99
Vann, Philip, Rhythms of Colour and Light: The Linocut Art of Cyril
Power (1872-1951), published by Lund HUmphries in association
with Osborne Samuel, no.33, p.86
£ 25,000 / $ 35,000
