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William Greengrass (English, 1896-1970)
Estimate:
€3,000 - €5,000
Sold
€9,000
Timed Auction
Online Summer Art Sale
Size
7.75 by 10.50in. (19.7 by 26.7cm)
Description
Title: RUGBY, 1933
Note: William Greengrass, born in Hertfordshire, was a member of the Grosvenor School of Modern Art, a group committed to creating art for "regular folk, sold at a price the average man pays for his beer or his cinema tickets”, as the teacher Claude Flight put it.. Their medium was the humble linocut, where cheap linoleum flooring was used as printmaking tool. Their subject matter came from a burgeoning everyday world of sport, including football, rugby, tennis, athletics, horseracing, picnics in the park, daytrips via new public transport, jazz and nightclub dancing.
Frame size: 17.5 by 21.5in. (44 by 55cm.)
Note: William Greengrass, born in Hertfordshire, was a member of the Grosvenor School of Modern Art, a group committed to creating art for "regular folk, sold at a price the average man pays for his beer or his cinema tickets”, as the teacher Claude Flight put it.. Their medium was the humble linocut, where cheap linoleum flooring was used as printmaking tool. Their subject matter came from a burgeoning everyday world of sport, including football, rugby, tennis, athletics, horseracing, picnics in the park, daytrips via new public transport, jazz and nightclub dancing.
Frame size: 17.5 by 21.5in. (44 by 55cm.)
Condition
Excellent condition.
Medium
linocut in colours on Japanese mulberry tissue; (no. 24 from an edition of 50)
Signature
signed, titled, dated and numbered lower left; with William Weston Gallery label on reverse
Provenance
William Weston Gallery, London;Private collection
