Deborah Klein’s visual language is distinct. Through it, she explores feminism and women’s histories, shining light on those absent from history in often unexpected ways. Working across a wide-ranging practice that includes linocut printmaking and intricately detailed acrylic paintings, Klein constructs layered artistic narratives that resonate with both historical and contemporary significance.

In Klein's 2024 work 'Sunflower', the renowned printmaker creates the intimate impression of the back of a woman's head - a 'rear view portrait' with floral tattoo on full view. In many of Klein's works, her female subjects' faces are either fully or partially obscured, used by the artist to symbolise women throughout history whose stories have gone untold. Boldly-detailed, this work instantly intrigues.

Represented in public collections including the National Gallery of Victoria, Klein has won several awards over her career, including the Grand Prize, Silk Cut Award for Linocut Printmaking. In 2008 the survey show ‘Deborah Klein: Out of the Past 1995 - 2007’ toured to Castlemaine Art Gallery and Historical Museum, the Art Gallery of Ballarat, Warrnambool Art Gallery and Deakin University Art Gallery, Victoria. For collectors of contemporary and feminist art, this work is a compelling find.

Deborah KLEIN (1951 - )
'Sunflower' 2024
linocut with Chine collé on paper
Edition of 40
Image Size: 15 x 12 cm
Dimensions: 33 x 28 x 3 cm
Signed: Signed and inscribed with name, title and edition below image.
Comes with Letter of Provenance
Condition:Excellent:
(c) The Artist or Assignee