£175
Noel
Unmounted (ref: 3023)
Signed with initials in the plate
Line engraving, printed from the cancelled plate: 9 3/4 x 8 in. (25 x 20 cm.),
print: 13 1/4 x 11 in. (33.5 x 28 cm.)
Signed with initials in the plate
Line engraving, printed from the cancelled plate: 9 3/4 x 8 in. (25 x 20 cm.),
print: 13 1/4 x 11 in. (33.5 x 28 cm.)
Provenance: The Artist's Estate; Private collection
It is generally acknowledged that Austin was one of the greatest exponents of line engraving of the Twentieth century. Campbell Dodgson, keeper of Prints and Drawings at the British Museum, who compiled the standard reference work on Austins' work, compared his work to that of Durer noting that Austin had 'more than a touch of that master in him' (Robert Austin, Twenty-One, 1930 Gallery).
