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1930s Original linocut print, Dorrit Black, Conductor, framed vintage art
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Authentic 1935 lino print entitled "The Leg Action Conductor" by influential Australian modernist artist Dorrit Black. A rarely offered historical print from the pages of an Australian art journal of the period, with only 1200 copies made, many of which have not survived. Printed in Geelong directly from the artist’s linocut, initialled in the plate “DB”. Framed with simple solid wood with custom double mount behind glass. Excellent condition as shown.
33cm x 25cm frame
15.3cm x 9.4cm artwork
Adelaide born Dorrit Black (1891-1951) is one of Australia’s most important modern artists and was at the forefront of bringing modern art to Australia from Europe in 1929. Against a reactionary tide, she maintained a determined commitment to practising, promoting and teaching modern art while sustaining a strong desire to express her own artistic vision.
Black studied in London and Paris in the 1920s with leading modern art teachers such as the British linocut printmaker Claude Flight and French cubists André Lhote and Albert Gleizes. Her European artistic experiences inspired her to establish the landmark Modern Art Centre in Sydney in 1931.
When Black returned to live in Adelaide at the end of 1933 she became an influential artistic figure both as an inspirational teacher and as a pioneer of Australian modernism.
