Sydney LEE
(1866 Manchester – 1949 London)
 
Boatbuilding, St Ives – c.1905-10
 
Woodcut in colours on Japanese mulberry paper. Signed with a monogram on the block and signed with pencil lower right. 
Size of sheet: 34 x 45 cm.
 
Meyrick 37.
 
Very fine impression with margins.
 
Boatbuilding, St Ives certainly shows that Lee knew the work of Henri Riviere. There is a similar naive draughtsmanship and comparable colour scheme, though Riviere created his works as lithographs. 
 
Lee printed all his work by himself in his own studio. Impressions were either printed on demand or in small runs of between 6 and 12 to build up a small stock for exhibition and sale. Issued in different colour schemes. 
-Sold