ETHEL SPOWERS (1890-1947) Bank Holiday 1935 linocut, printed from six blocks: yellow ochre, cobalt blue, reddish brown, green, grey...

ETHEL SPOWERS (1890-1947)
Bank Holiday 1935
linocut, printed from six blocks: yellow ochre, cobalt blue, reddish brown, green, grey and black, edition of 50
24.5 x 24.5cm (image); 30.5 x 29.5cm (sheet)

PROVENANCE:
Jim Alexander Gallery, Melbourne
Private collection, Melbourne

EXHIBITIONS:
Colour Prints, Redfern Gallery, London, 25 June - 18 July 1936, cat. no. 13 (another example)
Exhibition of colour prints and watercolours by Ethel Spowers, Grosvenor Galleries, Sydney, 10 - 25 July 1936 (another example)
Exhibition of Paintings and Drawings by Members of the Contemporary Art Group, Athenaeum Gallery, Melbourne, 11 - 22 August 1936, cat. no. 57 as 'E.M. Spowers' (another example)
Exhibition of Lino Cuts from the Redfern Gallery, London, Baillieu Allard's Gallery, Melbourne, 7 - 18 September 1937, cat. no. 65 (another example)
Summer Salon, Redfern Gallery, London, until 1 October 1938, cat. no. 149, as 'The Picnic' (another example)
A Survey of Australian Relief Prints 1900-1950, Deutsher Galleries, Melbourne, 13 April - 5 May 1978, cat. no. 17 (illus., exhibition catalogue, another example)
Claude Flight and His Followers: The Colour Linocut Movement between the Wars, Australian National Gallery, Canberra, 18 April - 12 July 1992, then touring; Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 14 October - 29 November 1992; National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 16 December 1992 - 1 March 1993; National Art Gallery, Wellington, 19 March - 16 May 1993; Auckland City Art Gallery, Auckland, 3 June - 18 July 1993, cat. no. 89 (another example)
In Relief: Australian Wood Engravings, Woodcuts and Linocuts, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, August 1997 (another example)
Spowers & Syme, Canberra Museum & Gallery, Canberra, 13 August 2021 - 12 February 2022, then touring: Western Plains Cultural Centre, Dubbo, 26 February - 29 May, 2022, Geelong Gallery, Geelong, 16 July - 16 October 2022, S.H. Evrin Gallery, Sydney, 3 December 2022 - 12 February 2023, QUT Art Museum, Brisbane, 11 March - 4 June 2023 (another example)

LITERATURE:
Burdett, B., 'Pictures 'Alarming' and Otherwise', The Herald, Melbourne, 10 August 1936, p. 8 (another example)
R, Butler., and Deutsher, C., A Survey of Australian Relief Prints 1900/1950, Deutsher Galleries, Melbourne, 1978, cat. no. 171, p. 88 (illus., another example)
Burke, J., Australian Women Artists 1840-1940, Greenhouse Publications, Melbourne, 1980, pp. 151, 181, pl. 78 (illus., another example)
Coppel, S., Claude Flight and His Followers: The Colour Linocut Movement between the Wars, Australian National Gallery, Canberra, 1992, cat. no. 89, p. 22 (another example)
Coppel, S., Linocuts of the Machine Age: Claude Flight and the Grosvenor School, Scolar Press in association with the National Gallery of Australia, Aldershot, 1995, cat. no. ES 30, p.176-77, pl. 40 (illus., another example)
Grant, K., and Smith, J., In Relief: Australian Wood Engravings, Woodcuts and Linocuts, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 1997, pp. 38-39 (illus., another example)

OTHER NOTES:
Other examples of this print are held in the collections of the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne; and National Gallery of Australia, Canberra.

Provenance: Jim Alexander Gallery, Melbourne
Private collection, Melbourne Dimensions: 24.5 x 24.5cm (image); 30.5 x 29.5cm (sheet) Artist Name: ETHEL SPOWERS (1890-1947) Exhibited: Colour Prints, Redfern Gallery, London, 25 June - 18 July 1936, cat. no. 13 (another example)
Exhibition of colour prints and watercolours by Ethel Spowers, Grosvenor Galleries, Sydney, 10 - 25 July 1936 (another example)
Exhibition of Paintings and Drawings by Members of the Contemporary Art Group, Athenaeum Gallery, Melbourne, 11 - 22 August 1936, cat. no. 57 as 'E.M. Spowers' (another example)
Exhibition of Lino Cuts from the Redfern Gallery, London, Baillieu Allard's Gallery, Melbourne, 7 - 18 September 1937, cat. no. 65 (another example)
Summer Salon, Redfern Gallery, London, until 1 October 1938, cat. no. 149, as 'The Picnic' (another example)
A Survey of Australian Relief Prints 1900-1950, Deutsher Galleries, Melbourne, 13 April - 5 May 1978, cat. no. 17 (illus., exhibition catalogue, another example)
Claude Flight and His Followers: The Colour Linocut Movement between the Wars, Australian National Gallery, Canberra, 18 April - 12 July 1992, then touring; Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 14 October - 29 November 1992; National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 16 December 1992 - 1 March 1993; National Art Gallery, Wellington, 19 March - 16 May 1993; Auckland City Art Gallery, Auckland, 3 June - 18 July 1993, cat. no. 89 (another example)
In Relief: Australian Wood Engravings, Woodcuts and Linocuts, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, August 1997 (another example)
Spowers & Syme, Canberra Museum & Gallery, Canberra, 13 August 2021 - 12 February 2022, then touring: Western Plains Cultural Centre, Dubbo, 26 February - 29 May, 2022, Geelong Gallery, Geelong, 16 July - 16 October 2022, S.H. Evrin Gallery, Sydney, 3 December 2022 - 12 February 2023, QUT Art Museum, Brisbane, 11 March - 4 June 2023 (another example) Literature: Burdett, B., 'Pictures 'Alarming' and Otherwise', The Herald, Melbourne, 10 August 1936, p. 8 (another example)
R, Butler., and Deutsher, C., A Survey of Australian Relief Prints 1900/1950, Deutsher Galleries, Melbourne, 1978, cat. no. 171, p. 88 (illus., another example)
Burke, J., Australian Women Artists 1840-1940, Greenhouse Publications, Melbourne, 1980, pp. 151, 181, pl. 78 (illus., another example)
Coppel, S., Claude Flight and His Followers: The Colour Linocut Movement between the Wars, Australian National Gallery, Canberra, 1992, cat. no. 89, p. 22 (another example)
Coppel, S., Linocuts of the Machine Age: Claude Flight and the Grosvenor School, Scolar Press in association with the National Gallery of Australia, Aldershot, 1995, cat. no. ES 30, p.176-77, pl. 40 (illus., another example)
Grant, K., and Smith, J., In Relief: Australian Wood Engravings, Woodcuts and Linocuts, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 1997, pp. 38-39 (illus., another example) Medium: linocut, printed from six blocks: yellow ochre, cobalt blue, reddish brown, green, grey and black, edition of 50 Notes: Other examples of this print are held in the collections of the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne; and National Gallery of Australia, Canberra.