?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900
JOHN FARLEIGH (1900-1965)
WHERE TIDES OF GRASS BREAK INTO FOAM OF FLOWERS / SWINBURNE. 1937.
40¼x25 inches, 102¼x63½ cm. Curwen Press, London. Condition A / A-: minor creases and abrasions at edges; slight darkening at bottom edge; small pin holes in corners. Paper.
One in a series of floral posters designed by the artist. He "practiced as an engraver and felt that 'a mixture of wood and lithography would give the contrasting qualities if softness and hardness that are so peculiar to plant form'" (Art for All p. 80). V&A E.1137-1937, LTM 1983.4.4775.
