Cairo
Primary Artist
G.T.M. Roach (1895–1972)
Title
Date made
1918 – c.1920
Place made
Australia, Australia, Victoria, Melbourne View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
etching, printed in brown ink with plate-tone, from one plate
Matrix size
7.4 x 10.0 cm (plate-mark)
Support
cream wove paper mounted on cardboard
Support size
12.0 x 18.6 cm (sheet)
State
published state
Impression
undesignated impression
Edition information
edition unknown
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'GR'. Not dated. Titled lower centre below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Cairo'.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed upper right corner in black pencil, '$150'. Inscribed verso of backing board upper right corner in black pencil, 'S100/Zapp (illeg)/ OFFER/ Roger/ A.N.G.' (offer underlined). Inscribed verso backing board, upper left corner in black pencil, '36' (36 encircled).
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
187749
Accession number
94.18
Accession method
Curator's allowance
Meeting
Meeting 4, 1993/94 (1994-02-23)
Provenance
Purchased by the National Gallery of Australia, from Josef Lebovic Gallery, Sydney, 1994.
Credit line
Purchased 1994
Country of context
Australia
Notes
Inscribed reverse backing board, u.l.c., pencil "36" (36 encircled).
Creators
Roach, G.T.M. | (1895–1972) Australian | Male | artist