Apples and Birds of Paradise.
Primary Artist
Frederick Coventry (1905–1997)
Title
Apples and Birds of Paradise.
Date made
1929 – 1929-30Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
engraving, printed in black ink, from one copper plate
Text printed from matrix
Printed signature lower lower centre within image, 'F H Coventry [in reverse]'.
Matrix size
21.4 x 16.7 cm (plate-mark)
Edition information
edition of 50, not completed
Production notes
The artist notes: 'A few impressions only were printed and the plates were lost in the blitz on London in 1940'. [Artist to NGA, file 77/721, folio 16].
Country of context
Aotearoa New Zealand
Legacy id
146180
Creators
Coventry, Frederick. | (1905–1997) Aotearoa New Zealander | Australian | Male | artist
Impressions
Collection
National Gallery of Australia | 90.169
State
published state
Impression
19/50
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Newcastle Region Art Gallery | 1982.16
State
editioned state
Impression
14/50
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