Norbertine Bresslern-Roth
Cockatoos
1920s

Artist: Norbertine Bresslern-Roth (1891-1978)
Title: Cockatoos
Date: 1920s
School: Austrian
Medium: colour linocut
Dimensions: 240 x 160mm (image), 275 x 203mm (support)
Watermark: none
Inscriptions/marks: On the support in pencil lower left to lower right <<Handdruck….Cockatoos….Bresslern-Roth>>
Condition: good condition, some spots of foxing
Description: Four cockatoos feeding on a berry-laden tree branch. Four-colour linocut on a black background. Printed on very fine laid paper with a loose backing of tissue. Hinged at the top to a secondary support with the printed name and address of the mounter <<Standish & Preece, Christchurch, NZ>>. Standish & Preece was a Christchurch photography firm which began trading in 1886.
Provenance: Dunbar Sloane, 2022