Artwork Title: The Eight

The Eight, 1930

Cyril Edward Power

Sold for £70,900. ...a study of a racing 8 observed from Hammersmith Bridge during trials for Head of the River Race on the Thames.... The linocut is "a back view of the men apparently in the drive position, whereby the 'oar enters the water at the perfect angle, then the rower pushes backwards, toward the bow, flattening his legs with his arms fully outstretched and pulling the oar toward him'. The emphatic perspective of the scene from .... (https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/21583/lot/55/)
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