Cyril Power
Divertissement, c. 1932
linocut in unique colour version
23.2 x 31.5 cm
an experimental proof (the edition was 60)
signed and annotated ‘No. 1 1st state’ in pencil
Provenance
Osborne Samuel Gallery, London
Private Collection, USA
Acquired from the above
Exhibitions
‘Modernity: British Colour Linocuts in 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 1914-39’, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 30 January – 1 June 2008, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 23 September – 7 December 2008, Wolfsonian – Florida International University, 29 November 2009 – 28 February 2010.
Literature
Clifford Ackley, British Prints from the Machine Age ‘Rhythms of Modern Life 1914-1939’, Thames and Hudson, 2008 Boston, No. 93Jennifer Farrell, Modern Times ‘British Prints 1913-193’, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 2021, p. 158
Philip Vann, foreword by Gordon Samuel, Cyril Power Linocuts: A Complete Catalogue, Lund Humphries, London, 2008, No. 33