Thea Proctor 1925 antique print, “La Poupée”, Australian art

Genuine antique 1925 line block print (mechanically produced) after the woodblock artwork entitled “La Poupée” by Australian artist Thea Proctor. This rare piece, released in an art journal from the period, shows the artist’s first carving of the block shortly after it was created in 1925. Proctor went on to refine the block, with an original hand coloured print currently held by the National Gallery. Framed either simple black lacquered solid wood and custom mount behind glass. 

31cm x 22.5cm frame

15cm x 9.5cm artwork

“A prominent tastemaker and promoter of modern design, Thea Proctor contributed to the development of modernism in Australia through her work as a painter, printmaker, designer and teacher. Favouring cosmopolitan female figures and a local subject matter infused with the ambience of the global, her varied body of work exudes the stylised elegance and distinctive features underpinning Sydney modernism in the 1920s."