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Details
- Date
- (1930s)
- Media category
- Materials used
- colour linocut on ivory wove paper
- Edition
- 2/25
- Dimensions
- 14.2 x 17.1 cm blockmark (irreg.); 21.9 x 20.4 cm sheet
- Signature & date
Signed l.l., pencil "M Pye". Not dated.
- Credit
- Purchased 1975
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- 248.1975
- Copyright
- © Estate of Mabel Pye
- Artist information
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Mabel Pye
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About
Mabel Pye was born in Melbourne and studied drawing 1912-15 and painting 1915-19 at the National Gallery School, Melbourne, a contemporary of Napier Waller, Ethel Spowers and Adelaide Perry. She was a member of the Victorian Artists Society from 1918-41 and exhibited prints with them between 1935-41; she was also a member of the Melbourne Society of Women Painters and Sculptors from 1920-58. Pye was best known for her watercolours and colour linocuts, most of which she made during the 1930s.
Hendrik Kolenberg and Anne Ryan, 'Australian prints from the Gallery's collection', AGNSW, 1998
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Exhibition history
Shown in 4 exhibitions
Mabel Pye, The Russell Davis Gallery, Melbourne, 19 Oct 1975–13 Nov 1975
Australian prints from the Gallery's collection (1998-1999), Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 06 Nov 1998–07 Feb 1999
Australian Collection Focus: Colour, Rhythm, Design - wood & lino cuts of the 20s & 30s, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 12 Mar 2010–11 Jul 2010
Modern impressions; Australian prints from the collection, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 02 Sep 2016–Jan 2017
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Bibliography
Referenced in 4 publications
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Roger Butler., Melbourne woodcuts and linocuts of the 1920's and 1930's, 'Woodcuts and Linocuts of the 1920s and 1930's', Sydney, 1981, (colour illus.), (illus.). Not paginated; No catalogue numbers; Collection of National Gallery of Victoria.
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Helen Campbell, Colour, rhythm, design: wood & lino cuts of the 20s & 30s, 'Introduction', pg. 2, Sydney, 2010, 19 (colour illus.).
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Helen Campbell, Look, 'Colour, rhythm and design: Wood and lino cuts from a time of great creative vitality', pg. 13-15, Sydney, Feb 2010, 15 (colour illus.).
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Hendrik Kolenberg and Anne Ryan, Australian prints from the Gallery's collection, Sydney, 1998, 67 (colour illus.). cat.no. 56
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