The plough.
Primary Artist
Ethel Spowers (1890–1947)
Title
Reference
Coppel (1995), ES13
Date made
1928
Place made
Europe, England, Greater London, London View on map Close map
Category
Print type
relief
Technique
linocut, printed in colour, from three blocks (light green, mauve, cobalt blue)
Matrix size
17.3 x 26.6 cm (printed image)
Support
buff oriental laid tissue paper
Support size
23.0 x 30.4 cm (sheet)
State
published state
Impression
20/50
Edition information
edition of 50
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed and dated lower right below printed image in black pencil, 'E.L. Spowers - 1928'. Titled lower left below printed image in black pencil, 'The Plough' Inscribed lower left below printed image in black pencil, '20/50'.
Inscriptions or device by others involved in the works production
no inscriptions
Subject description
Rural scene of two horses and a man ploughing a field as a flock of birds follow behind eating the grain.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
111148
Accession number
78.302
Accession method
Purchase
Meeting
Meeting 18, 1977/78 (1978-05-30)
Provenance
Purchased by the Australian National Gallery, from Deutscher Fine Art, Melbourne, May 1978; From the exhibition, 'A survey of Australian relief prints 1900/1950', Melbourne: Deutscher Galleries, 13 April - 5 May 1978, cat., no.160, ((illustrated).
Credit line
Purchased 1978
Subject category
Australia, Art style: Grosvenor school linocuts
Country of context
Australia
Creators
Spowers, Ethel. | (1890–1947) Australian | Female | artist
Last Updated
03 Feb 2020