Frederick Austin: Woman Sleeping (Cunard Line), 1932 - on Art WW I

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Frederick Austin:
Woman Sleeping (Cunard Line), 1932

Passe-partout (ref: 9591)

Etching 
plate: 8 1/4 x 10 1/4 in. (21 x 26 cm) 
print: 11 3/4 x 12 1/2 in. (30 x 32 cm)

Tags: Frederick Austin etching plate print interiors night scenes and sleep women 1.PORTRAIT OF AN ARTIST



Provenance: The Artist's Estate


Literature: Llewellyn, Sacha, and Paul Liss. Portrait of an Artist. Liss Llewellyn, 2021, p.124.

A version of the same etching  printed posthumous from the original plate, on   ARCHES  (250 g/m²) paper is also availabe.. 

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This etching was created on the return from the Austin's honeymoon.  The newly-wed Phyllis Austin (Kneafcy), a Canadian Opera singer, is shown sleeping in the cabin of the Cunard ship on which they sailed from Canada in 1932. A box of her favourite Laura Secord Candies can be seen on the bedside table.




phylis austin
Phylis Austin with one of the portraits depicting herself

We are grateful to Portia Birch for assistance.


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