Cyril Edward Power
Corps de Ballet, 1932
Linocut printed in 4 blocks: spectrum red; raw sienna; viridian; cobalt blue) on oriental laid tissue
28.2 x 28.2 cm (11 ⅛ x 11 ⅛ in)
Signed with initials and annotated 'Rough experimental proof 1st State' in pencil, a proof aside from the edition of 60, annotated 'Heavy pressure Spectrum. Heavy R.Sienna' in pencil in the lower margin
Description
Linocut printed in spectrum red, raw sienna, viridian and cobalt blue, 1932, on tissue thin oriental laid paper, framed.
In his printing notes, Power refers to the varying pressure on the red block to differentiate tonally the dancers faces from their bodies, similarly, the green block was to be printed more heavily on the front row of male dancers. In this impression, he is experimenting with the additional arcs in red and raw sienna extending from the dancers.
Literature
Linocuts of the Machine Age: Claude Flight and the Grosvenor School – Stephen Coppel, published by Scolar Press, Farnham, 1995, Catalogue No. CEP 34