Surrexit (Christ is risen)

Sybil Andrews Canadian, born England

1957

Not on view

This composition is striking for its imaginative combination of different elements of Christ’s crucifixion and entombment. Sleeping soldiers guard Christ’s tomb, on top of which are three crosses that extend beyond the edge of the picture plane—one for Christ and two others for thieves—and the ladders used to lower the bodies. Yet Christ himself is nowhere visible; he has already ascended to Heaven, a passage suggested by the rays of color shooting from the upper part of the composition. A devout Christian Scientist, Andrews treated religious subjects in many of her works with an eye to expressing the intensity of the narrative moment. Here, she used four separate pieces of linoleum—one for each color—to convey both the stillness around the darkened tomb and the energy associated with Christ’s ascension.

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Title: Surrexit (Christ is risen)
Artist: Sybil Andrews (Canadian (born England), Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk 1898–1992 Victoria, British Columbia)
Date: 1957
Medium: Color linocut
Dimensions: Sheet: 13 3/8 × 16 1/2 in. (34 × 41.9 cm)
Plate: 12 × 14 in. (30.5 × 35.6 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Purchase, Leslie and Johanna Garfield Gift, Lila Acheson Wallace, Charles and Jessie Price, and David T Schiff Gifts, The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, Dolores Valvidia Hurlburt Bequest, PECO Foundation and Friends of Drawings and Prints Gifts, and funds from various donors, 2019
Object Number: 2019.592.67
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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