Ursula Fookes (1906-1991) Linerthe very rare linocut printed in colours, signed and numbered 6/50 in pencil verso, on tissue-thin laid Japan paper, with full margins, 140 x 140 mm (5 1/2 x 5 1/2 in) Whilst this work is numbered from an edition of 50, there are only 3 known impressions, of those this is the only copy which is signed by the artist. It has been suggested that the linocut represents the RMS Titanic. Whilst it is impossible to state definitively, one of the key features of that ill-fated liner gives credence to the theory - the Titanic was one of only fifteen four funnel ocean liners ever built, and of these fifteen, seven were of a design that does not fit with that of the present work. Of the remaining eight the Titanic was undoubtedly the most famous, not only amongst this small number of four stackers, but also as it is undoubtedly the most famous ocean liner of all time.

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