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 BlowUntitledAcrylic and collage on canvas£ 12,000.00
H91 x W91 cm (unframed artwork) -
Sandra BlowIntersectionc.1978
ABS resin Signed and titled on reverse
H122 x W122 cm (unframed artwork)Sold -
Sandra BlowSquares in Orbit2005£ 750.00
Screenprint, signed, ed. 6/500
H54 x W55 cm (framed dimensions)
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Sandra BlowRevolve2003£ 750.00
Screenprint, signed, ed. 6/500
H54 x W56 cm (framed dimensions) -
Sandra BlowColour Within2005£ 750.00
Screenprint, signed, ed. 6/500
H54 x W56 cm (framed dimensions)
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Sandra BlowPainting N°61962£ 32,000.00
Oil, ash, charcoal and sand on canvas, signed on reverse
H153 x W128 cm (unframed artwork) -
Sandra BlowColour Within2005£ 2,500.00
Silkscreen, edition 112 of 125
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Sandra BlowShifts of Sand Porthmeorc.1996£ 48,000.00
Oil and collage on canvas, signed on reverse
H249 x W274 cm (unframed artwork) -
Sandra BlowGlance2003
Pencil, acrylic and collage on canvas
H102 x W102 cm (framed dimensions)Sold -
Sandra BlowSide Effect1991-2
Silkscreen Ed. 50
119 x 119 cm (unframed dimensions) -
Sandra BlowSplit Second1991-2
Silkscreen Ed. 50
119 x 119 cm (unframed dimensions) -
Sandra BlowSide EffectScreenprint, signed and titled£ 2,200.00
H54 x W54 cm
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Sandra BlowSplit SecondScreenprint, signed£ 2,200.00
Ed. 2/50
H54 x W54 cm -
Sandra BlowThrough and BeyondScreenprint, signed£ 2,200.00
Ed. 2/50
H54 x W54 cm -
Sandra BlowInside StoryScreenprint, signed£ 2,200.00
Ed. 2/50
H54 x W54 cm -
Sandra BlowUntitled1992, signed and dated£ 9,000.00
Paper collage
H67cm x W101cm (unframed dimensions)
