1930-1947

Ethel Spowers
Hoops (circa 1930)
watercolour

Location: Unknown

Ethel Spowers
Melbourne 1930
embroidered textile screen, 121 x 152.4 cm (opened)

Location: National Gallery of Australia, Canberra | NGA 2022.46
Purchased with the generous assistance of John Keats, great nephew of the artist, and Paul Evans in celebration of the National Gallery of Australia’s 40th anniversary, 2022
Image: Courtesy National Gallery of Australia, Canberra

Ethel Spowers
Skaters 1931
oil on linen, 45.5 x 36.0 cm

Location: National Gallery of Australia, Canberra | NGA 2014.700
David Thomas OAM and Barbara Thomas Fund in honour of the philanthropy of Tim Fairfax Deputy Chairman of the National Gallery of Australia 2014
Image: Courtesy National Gallery of Australia, Canberra

Ethel Spowers
The Gust of Wind 1930-1931
colour linocut, 22 x 16.6 cm, edition of 50 (Coppel ES 15)

Impressions held in private and public collections
Image: Courtesy National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, purchased 1976 | NGA 1976.134

Ethel Spowers
The Gust of Wind (circa 1931)
oil on linen, 41 x 36 cm

Collection: National Gallery of Australia, Canberra | NGA 2014.699
David Thomas OAM and Barbara Thomas Fund in honour of the philanthropy of Rupert Myer AM former Chairman of the National Gallery of Australia 2014
Image: Courtesy of Bonhams

Ethel Spowers
The Rain Cloud 1931
colour linocut, 20.7 x 26.6 cm, edition of 30 (Coppel ES 16)

Impressions held in private and public collections
Image: Courtesy of Deutscher and Hackett

Ethel Spowers
The Rain Cloud [1] (circa 1931)
watercolour, 28.5 x 40.1 cm

Location: Private Collection

Ethel Spowers
The Rain Cloud [2] (circa 1931)
watercolour

Location: Unknown

Ethel Spowers
Harvest 1932
colour linocut, 18.2 x 28.4 cm, edition of 50 (Coppel ES 17)

Impressions held in private and public collections
Image: Courtesy National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, purchased 1976 | NGA 1976.137

Ethel Spowers
Merchants, Port Said 1932
colour linocut, 25 x 30.5 cm, edition of 50 (Coppel ES 19)

Impressions held in private and public collections
Image: Courtesy of Menzies

Ethel Spowers
New South Head Road 1932
watercolour and pen, 43.2 x 33.8 cm

Location: Private Collection

Ethel Spowers
Ravello 1932
wood-engraving, 24.9 x 18.0 cm, edition 20 (Coppel ES A/17)

Impressions held in private and public collections
Image: Visit

Ethel Spowers
Reflections of a China Fawn 1932
colour linocut, 23.7 x 18.6 cm, edition of 50 (Coppel ES 20)

Impressions held in private and public collections
Image: Courtesy of Deutscher and Hackett

Ethel Spowers
Still Life 1932
colour linocut, 23.2 x 29.6 cm, edition of 30 (Coppel ES 21)

Impressions held in private and public collections
Image: Courtesy National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, gift of Ian Syme 1993 | NGA 1993.43

Ethel Spowers
Swings 1932
colour linocut, 24.2 x 26.6 cm, edition of 50 (Coppel ES 22)

Impressions held in private and public collections
Image: Courtesy of Deutscher and Hackett

Ethel Spowers
The Joke 1932
colour linocut, 19.8 x 17.4 cm, edition of 50 (Coppel ES 18)

Impressions held in private and public collections
Image: Courtesy of Bonhams

Ethel Spowers
The Squirrel (circa 1932)
wood-engraving, 9.2 x 11.6 cm (reproduction size) (Coppel ES A/18)

No impressions traced, reproduced Manscripts, Adelaide, no. 4, 1933

Ethel Spowers
The Giant Stride 1932-1933
colour linocut, 26 x 35.3 cm, edition of 50 (Coppel ES 23)

Impressions held in private and public collections
Image: Courtesy of Bonhams

Ethel Spowers
A Gippsland Farm 1933
oil on canvas, 39 x 43 cm

Location: Private collection

Ethel Spowers
A New Orchard (circa 1933)
watercolour and pen, 27.5 x 20.2 cm

Location: Private Collection

Ethel Spowers
Birds Following a Plough 1933
colour linocut, 20.6 x 31.6 cm, edition of 50 (ES 26)

Impressions held in private and public collections
Image: Courtesy of Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū, Christchurch. |. CAG 94/247
Presented by Mr Rex Nan Kivell, 1953

Ethel Spowers
China and Glass (circa 1933)
Alternative title: Reflections of a China Fawn
oil

Location: Unknown

Ethel Spowers
Drawing for linocut ‘A New Orchard’ (circa 1933)
pencil, traced over in red pencil for linocut, 33.0 x 28.4 cm

Location: National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, gift of Chris Montgomery 1993 | NGA 1993.573
Image: Courtesy National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, gift of Chris Montgomery 1993 | NGA 1993.573

Ethel Spowers
Farm View (circa 1933)
watercolour, 27.2 x 37.8 cm

Location: Private Collection

Ethel Spowers
Fox and Geese 1933
colour linocut, 26.7 x 31.8 cm, edition of 50 (Coppel ES 24)

Impressions held in private and public collections
Image: Courtesy of Bonhams

Ethel Spowers
Group on a Hilltop (circa 1933)
watercolour

Location: Unknown

Ethel Spowers
Gypsies in the Churchyard (circa 1933)

Location: Unknown

Ethel Spowers
Harvest Picnic (circa 1933)
oil

Location: Unknown
Image: The Herald, Melbourne, 1933

Ethel Spowers
People on the Pier (circa 1933)
oil

Location: Unknown

Ethel Spowers
Power Station at Yallourn (circa 1933)
watercolour, 14.2 x 33.6 cm

Location: Unknown
Image: Courtesy of Christie’s

Ethel Spowers
The Basket of Oranges (circa 1933)
watercolour

Location: Unknown

Ethel Spowers
The Battle (1933)
oil, 40.2 x 40.2 cm

Location: Private Collection
Image: The Herald, Melbourne, 1933

Ethel Spowers
The Lonely Farm 1933
colour linocut, 19.8 x 31.8 cm, edition of 50 (Coppel ES 27)

Impressions held in private and public collections
Image: Courtesy of Sotheby’s

Ethel Spowers
The Works, Yallourn 1933
colour linocut, 15.5 x 34.8 cm, edition of 50 (Coppel ES 28)

Impressions held in private and public collections
Image: Courtesy National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, purchased 1976 | NGA 1976.138

Ethel Spowers
Tug of War 1933
colour linocut, 20.2 x 28.4 cm, edition of 50 (Coppel ES 25)

Impressions held in private and public collections
Image: Courtesy of Menzies

Ethel Spowers
Resting Models 1933-1934
colour linocut, 19.6 x 26.6 cm, edition of 50 (Coppel ES 29)

Impressions held in private and public collections
Image: Courtesy of Menzies

Ethel Spowers
Drawing for the linocut ‘Now to bed’ (circa 1934)
black pencil, traced over in yellow pencil for transfer to linoleum block, 26.8 x 24.6 cm

Location: National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, gift of Chris Montgomery 1993 | NGA 1993.575
Image: Courtesy National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, gift of Chris Montgomery 1993 | NGA 1993.575

Ethel Spowers
Bank Holiday 1935
colour linocut, 24.5 x 25 cm, edition of 50 (Coppel ES 30)

Impressions held in private and public collections
Image: Courtesy of Menzies

Ethel Spowers
The Picnic (circa 1935)
watercolour, 24 x 24.6 cm

Location: Unknown, last recorded 1996
Image: Courtesy of Christie’s

Ethel Spowers
Children’s Hoops 1936
colour linocut, 19.8 x 26.2 cm, edition of 50 (Coppel ES 31)

Impressions held in private and public collections
Image: Courtesy of Bonhams

Ethel Spowers
Drawing for linocut ‘School is out’ (circa 1936)
pencil, pen and ink, 30.8 x 26.6 cm

Location: National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, gift of Chris Montgomery 1993 | NGA 1993.574
Image: Courtesy National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, gift of Chris Montgomery 1993 | NGA 1993.574

Ethel Spowers
Football 1936
colour linocut, 22.5 x 27.6 cm, edition of 50 (Coppel ES 34)

Impressions held in private and public collections
Image: Courtesy of Bonhams

Ethel Spowers
Kites 1936
colour linocut, 28.5 x 24.7 cm, edition of 50 (Coppel ES 33)

Impressions held in private and public collections
Image: Courtesy of Deutscher and Hackett

Ethel Spowers
School is Out 1936
colour linocut, 30.2 x 26.0 cm, edition of 50 (Coppel ES 32)

Impressions held in private and public collections
Image: Courtesy of National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, purchased 1976 | NGA 1976.142

Ethel Spowers
Sewing-Bee (circa 1936)
watercolour

Location: Unknown

Ethel Spowers
Special Edition 1936
Alternative title: Latest Edition
colour linocut, 28.2 x 22.6 cm, edition of 50 (Coppel ES 35)

Impressions held in private and public collections
Image: Courtesy of Doyle

Ethel Spowers
The Bacchus Marsh Road (circa 1936)
watercolour

Location: Unknown

Ethel Spowers
The Bullengarook Road 1936
watercolour

[This work may be Bacchus Marsh Road]

Location: Unknown

Ethel Spowers
The Fairy Story (circa 1936)
watercolour

Location: Unknown

Ethel Spowers
Group on a Hill (circa 1937)
possibly watercolour

[This work may be the work titled as Group on a Hilltop]

Location: Unknown

Ethel Spowers
(Rural Hillside) 1937
watercolour, 19.5 x 30.5 cm

Location: Unknown, last recorded 2024
Image: Courtesy of Showplace, New York

Ethel Spowers
Tiger Lilies (circa 1937)
watercolour, 20.6 x 16.6 cm

Location: Private Collection

Ethel Spowers
The Junior Red Cross Works in Every Land 1941
colour linocut

No impression traced
Reproduced in Lindsay, Daryl and Lindsay, Joan, The Story of the Red Cross, Australian Red Cross Society, Melbourne, circa 1941-1942
Image of reproduction courtesy of Bonhams

Ethel Spowers
Trees in Landscape [1] (circa 1942)
ink and wash on paper, 16.2 x 24.8 cm

[This ink and wash drawing had previously been considered an early work by Spowers, though the execution of this work is more fluid in its composition, which coincide with the artist failing health in her later years]

Location: Private Collection

Ethel Spowers
Trees in Landscape [2] (circa 1942)
ink and wash on paper, 21 x 26.5 cm

[This ink and wash drawing had previously been considered an early work by Spowers, though the execution of this work is more fluid in its composition, which would coincide with the artist failing health in her later years]

Location: Private Collection

Ethel Spowers
Trees in Landscape [3] (circa 1942)
ink and wash on paper, 21 x 26.5 cm

[This ink and wash drawing had previously been considered an early work by Spowers, though the execution of this work is more fluid in its composition, which would coincide with the artist failing health in her later years]

Location: Private Collection