Storm

1935

Sybil Andrews Canadian, 1898-1992

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About the Artwork

Sybil Andrews was one of a group of English artists who elevated color linoleum cuts to an unprecedented level of achievement in the first half of the twentieth century. At the time, linoleum had almost no history as a printmaking medium. It was pioneered by artists of the Grosvenor School, a group of former students of Charles Flight at the Grosvenor School of Modern Art in London. This was one of the few British art schools of the era that exposed students to avant-garde European art. Andrews’ strong graphic style and sense of design echo the many burgeoning forms of abstraction that characterized the early decades of the century. But instead of the speed and technological advances of the modern world celebrated by movements like Futurism and Vorticism, she sought to capture the rhythms and dynamic movement of human figures, or, more rarely, of a landscape. From Bulletin of the Detroit Institute of Arts 89 (2015)

Title Storm

Artwork Date 1935

Artist Sybil Andrews

Life Dates 1898-1992

Nationality Please note: Definitions for nationality may vary significantly, depending on chronology and world events. Some definitions include: Belonging to a people having a common origin based on a geography and/or descent and/or tradition and/or culture and/or religion and/or language, or sharing membership in a legally defined nation. Canadian

Culture Please note: Cultures may be defined by the language, customs, religious beliefs, social norms, and material traits of a group. Unknown

Medium Linoleum cut printed in color on cream oriental paper

Dimensions Block: 13 × 9 1/8 inches (33 × 23.2 cm) Sheet: 14 3/8 × 11 1/8 inches (36.5 × 28.3 cm)

Classification Prints

Department Prints, Drawings & Photographs

Credit Museum Purchase, from the Forum for Prints, Drawings, and Photographs Purchase Fund

Accession Number This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection. Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum’s holdings. For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems—no longer assigned—that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups. 2014.10

Markings

Signed Signed, in pencil, lower left: Sybil Andrews

Inscriptions Inscribed, in pencil, following the signature, lower left: "Storm" A.T.P. 2

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2014-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Sybil Andrews, Storm, 1935, linoleum cut printed in color on cream oriental paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Museum Purchase, from the Forum for Prints, Drawings, and Photographs Purchase Fund, 2014.10.