The plough.

Primary Artist

Ethel Spowers (1890–1947)

Title

The plough.

Reference

Coppel (1995), ES13

Date made

1928

Place made

Europe, England, Greater London, London View on map Close map

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Category

Print

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