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30 The Cricket Match, c.1929 Linocut Printed from 4 blocks in permanent blue, viridian green, ochre & pale chrome Signed & numbered from the edition of 25 22.5 x 33 cm (8¾ x 13 in) Literature: Sybil Andrews and the Grosvenor School Linocuts, Osborne Samuel Ltd, 2015, introduction by Gordon Samuel, essay by Hana Leaper, (illus p81) One of the most notable achievements of the linocut artists is the way they choreographed the pleasurable, life affirming and healthful activities of the public's often increasingly available leisure time. In the 1930's, despite England's post war political and financial uncertainties, the pursuit of leisure became a widespread social phenomenon. The Grosvenor School artists chose subject matters such as dancing, rowing on the river, swimming, bathing, gymnastic exercises, playing musical instruments, attending concerts, eating with friends and family, playing boules, sitting at a café, skating, skiing, playing rugby, football and ice hockey – whilst invariably retaining a cutting edge. Lawrence's 1929 linocut The Cricket Match, has an enchantingly naïve fluidity, playfully manipulating hard-edged geometric forms. The simple use of perspective on the cricket pitch, the angular lines of the figures and the field, all adeptly conjures up an impression of the game's speedy agility and quick changes of fortune, the cricketing whites themselves evoked through lucid areas of blank, unprinted paper. £ 19,500 / $ 27,500 I Grosvenor School of Modern Art EDITH LAWRENCE (1890-1973)