In this bold woodblock print, Ian Armstrong employs the language of modernism. He presents three stylised figures, washed in a graduating palette of blue and orange. Their forms curve towards one another, as though all part of the same centrifuge or moved by a unified spirit.

A close friend and colleague of artists Fred Williams and Harry Rosengrave, Armstrong was a member of the influential George Bell School. His work crossed landscapes, portraiture and still life, united by an intuitive, modernist sensibility. There is a musicality to Armstrong’s vision, reflective of an artist who pursued his “own peculiar idea of the world, his own way of thinking and feeling.”

Armstrong’s work can be found across public institutions, including at the National Gallery of Victoria, National Gallery of Australia and Art Gallery of New South Wales. For collectors of prints and Australian modernism, this is a compelling discovery.

Ian ARMSTRONG (1923 - 2005)
'Untitled (Three Dancers)' 1993
woodblock on paper
Image Size: 34 x 24 cm
Dimensions: 57 x 35 cm
Signed: dated and signed below image.

Comes with Letter of Provenance

Condition: Very Good: Describes a work of art's image as Excellent, but may show some small signs of surrounding wear to paper or frame. There are no tears to paper margin or disruption to the paint surface.

(c) The Artist or Assignee