Sybil Andrews
1898 - 1992, Canadian
Wings
linocut in 4 colours, 1951
12 1/2 x 14 1/2 in, 31.7 x 36.7 cm
ESTIMATE: $5,000 - $6,000
SOLD FOR : $5,720 CAD (premium included)
SALE DATE : Thursday, November 05, 1998
Sale of Heffel Fine Art Auction House, Thursday, November 05, 1998, lot #210
Provenance: deVooght Galleries, Vancouver Private Collection, Vancouver Literature: Stephen Coppel, Linocuts of the Machine Age, 1995, reproduced page 119. Coppel observes: "This was selected by the Society of Canadian Painter-Etchers and Engravers as the presentation print for its members in 1952. It shows the costumes and headdresses of the North-West American Indian women of Nootka, British Columbia, and is the first print by Andrews to acknowledge her new Canadian surroundings." Together with; "Indian Dance"