Lot 134
  • 134

Cyril Edward Power

Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 USD
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Description

  • Cyril Edward Power
  • The Spice Mill
  • Signed and titled "The Spice Mill" No. 1 Cyril E. Power pinx et imp in pencil lower margin
  • Monotype on wove paper
  • plate: 224 by 196 mm 8 7/8 by 7 3/4 in
  • sheet: 382 by 283 mm 15 by 11 1/8 in
Monotype printed in colors, circa 1932, signed in pencil, titled and inscribed 'No. 1' and 'pinx et imp', on wove paper, framed

Exhibited

London, Redfern Gallery, Monotypes and Linocuts by Sybil Andrews and Cyril E. Power, 1933

Literature

Exhibition #13 (exhibition catalogue), Redfern Gallery, London, 1994, cat. no. 53

Condition

The print is in good condition, with margins. The lower sheet edge is trimmed and there are remnants of hinging tape along the right, left and upper edges. With an occasional fox mark and a few traces of stray ink and surface soiling in the margins. (Slight weakness to paper at plate corners, inherent to the printing process.) The verso with hinge remnants at upper corners and a few minuscule fox marks and traces of stray ink.
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