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ACQUIRED BY THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF AUSTRALIA, CANBERRA

ETHEL SPOWERS
1890-1947

The Noisy Parrot 1926

Acquired by the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra

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ACQUIRED BY THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF AUSTRALIA, CANBERRA

ETHEL SPOWERS

1890-1947
The Noisy Parrot 1926

colour linocut on paper
inscribed 'The Noisy Parrot.4. 'lower left; signed 'E. L. Spowers. 'lower right; artist's monogram upper left; dated '1926' upper rightedition 4 of unknown
24.7 x 21.8 cm

Provenance

Dame Nellie Melba GBE, Victoria
Property from the Collection of Dame Nellie Melba GBE, Sotheby's Australia, Melbourne, 31 March 2015, lot 63, illustrated
Acquired by the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra

Literature

Stephen Coppel, Linocuts of the Machine Age: Claude Flight and the Grosvenor School, Scolar Press, Aldershot, U.K., in association with the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, 1995, cat. no. ES 3, p. 168, p.169 (illustrated, another impression)

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