Claude Flight (British, 1881-1955) Paris Omnibus Linocut, printed in colours, on tissue thin japan, adhered to the original charcoal grey support sheet, signed and numbered 6/50 in pen and ink, 250 x 297mm (9 7/8 x 11 5/8in)(SH)
Claude Flight (British, 1881-1955)
Paris Omnibus (Coppel CF 10)
Linocut printed in blue and crimson oil paint and viridian and black ink, 1923, on oriental laid tissue, reverse mounted by pasting to stiff black/brown paper backing, signed and numbered 6/50 in pen and ink lower right, with margins, 250 x 297mm (9 7/8 x 11 5/8in)(SH)
Sold for £46,850 inc. premium

Footnotes

  • "The BM impression and at least one other impression (ed. 37/50, dedicated to Jack Barker, private coll., Victoria, British Columbia) were both printed on thicker oriental paper and were not reversed, as appears to have been the practice with those printed on translucent tissue." Stephen Coppel, "Linocuts of the Machine Age", Scholar Press, London, 1995, p.74.

    In the original frame, with a Redfern Gallery label verso, purchased by Godfrey Winn Esq, 9.5.28.

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