Sandra Blow
The life of Sandra Blow (1925-2006) was as exciting as the works she produced. "Lucian [Freud] once took me to the top of a bombed church in Soho," she told an interviewer of her post-war years in London. "There were two towers left and he leapt over the gap. 'You can't possibly expect me to do that,' she said. 'Just think of it as if you were on the escalator in Selfridges,' Freud replied."
Sandra Blow was a pioneering artist, expressing new and exciting ideas and practices through her work. Emerging amidst post-war austerity, Blow’s early canvases are a mixture of traditional painterly materials, as well as the sawdust and cloth that littered her studio. These beginnings defined the manner in which she continued to work; her pieces are as much about texture as their visual impact.
Blow's paintings reflect the societal moods around her, as well as the deeply personal: the colour and liberation in her canvases from the 1960s, the optimism and energy following her relocation to St. Ives in her seventies. The boldness of her pieces continues to stop you in your tracks.
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Sandra BlowUntitled (Blue and White)Acrylic and paper collage on canvas£ 8,000.00
H70 x W53.5 cm (Framed dimensions)
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Sandra BlowAbstract in Ochre1993£ 9,000.00
Mixed media on paper
Signed and dated 'Blow '93'
H106 x W105 cm (framed artwork) -
Sandra BlowAbstract in Blue1993£ 7,400.00
Mixed media on paper
Signed and dated 'Blow '93'
H76.5 x W136 cm (framed artwork) -
Sandra BlowBorderline2005£ 2,800.00
Screenprint
Edition 45/85
Hand signed by artist
H93 x W93 cm (framed dimensions) -
Sandra BlowTransparency, 2004Silkscreen with fabric collage£ 2,800.00
Edition 63/130
H73 x W68 cm (framed dimensions) -
Sandra BlowTransparency, 2004Silkscreen with fabric collage£ 2,800.00
Edition 80/130
H73 x W73 cm (framed dimensions) -
Sandra BlowCollage1979£ 7,150.00
Mixed media on wood
Signed 'Blow 1979' later inscribed: 'with love affection good wishes to -Meredith and Jeremy 25 September 1981' (verso)
H39 x W39 x D10 cm (framed dimensions) -
Sandra BlowUntitled1965£ 14,200.00
Oil on canvas
Dated on verso
H107 x W91 cm (unframed artwork)
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Sandra BlowExpanse2006£ 9,800.00
Oil, hessian and collage on canvas
Signed on verso
H61 x W61 cm (unframed artwork) -
Sandra BlowLinear Trace2005£ 28,000.00
Acrylic and collage on linen
Signed on verso
H120.5 x W121 cm (unframed artwork) -
Sandra BlowZen, 2001Oil and collage on canvas£ 18,000.00
Signed verso
H107 x W107 cm (unframed artwork) -
Sandra BlowLinear Colour Movements2004£ 34,000.00
Acrylic, collage and sacking on canvas
Signed verso
H123 x W123 cm -
Sandra BlowUntitled1998£ 6,400.00
Collage and mixed media
Signed verso
H98 x W83 cm -
Sandra BlowRed and Blue1998£ 7,200.00
Collage and mixed media
Signed verso
H100 x W76 cm -
Sandra BlowUntitled1975
Lithograph Ed. 68/75
Signed and dated
H71 x W53 cm (framed dimensions)Sold -
Sandra BlowOrange Yellow Brown Cadenza2005£ 32,000.00
Acrylic and collage on canvas
H150 x W180 cm (unframed artwork) -
Sandra BlowGlance2003
Pencil, acrylic and collage on canvas
H102 x W102 cm (framed dimensions)Sold -
Sandra BlowPainting N°61962£ 32,000.00
Oil, ash, charcoal and sand on canvas, signed on reverse
H153 x W128 cm (unframed artwork) -
Sandra BlowShifts of Sand Porthmeorc.1996£ 48,000.00
Oil and collage on canvas, signed on reverse
H249 x W274 cm (unframed artwork) -
Sandra BlowIntersectionc.1978
ABS resin Signed and titled on reverse
H122 x W122 cm (unframed artwork)Sold -
Sandra BlowColour Within2005£ 750.00
Screenprint, signed, ed. 6/500
H54 x W56 cm (framed dimensions)
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Sandra BlowRevolve2003£ 750.00
Screenprint, signed, ed. 6/500
H54 x W56 cm (framed dimensions) -
Sandra BlowSquares in Orbit2005£ 750.00
Screenprint, signed, ed. 6/500
H54 x W55 cm (framed dimensions)
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Sandra BlowUntitled , 2004Acrylic and collage on canvas£ 12,000.00
H91 x W91 cm (unframed artwork) -
Sandra BlowBorderline, 2000Screenprint£ 900.00
Stamped by estate and signed, ed. 6/500
H54 x W55 cm (framed dimensions)
