ETHEL SPOWERS
1890-1947
The Noisy Parrot 1926
Acquired by the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
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 right
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)