Dee Why landscape
Primary Artist
Sydney Long (1871–1955)
Title
Reference
Mendelssohn (1979), 82; Paul (1928), 85
Date made
1928
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
line-etching, printed in red-brown ink with plate-tone, from one zinc plate
Matrix size
23.7 x 29.9 cm (plate-mark)
Support
thin smooth cream wove F J Head & Co paper
Support size
31.7 x 43.0 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
watermark lower centre, 'F J Head & Co'
State
published state
Impression
1/50
Edition information
edition of 50
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Sidney Long.' Not dated. Titled lower centre below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Dee Why Landscape'. Inscribed with edition details lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, '1/50'.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed lower left corner of sheet in black pencil, '17 1/2 x 16 1/4'. Inscribed verso upper right in black pencil, '2-'.
Subject description
Coastal scene of twisted tree on Dee Why foreshore looking towards Dee Why Head, northern Sydney beaches, N.S.W.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
103166
Accession number
77.9.102
Accession method
Purchase
Meeting
Meeting 7, 1976/77 (1977-02-08)
Provenance
J.W.F. Stephen, who formed a definitive collection of the etched work of Sydney Long. J.A.C. Stephen, the artistÂ’s son, by descent. Purchased by the Australian National Gallery, from J.A.C. Stephen, Sydney, 1977.
Credit line
The Stephen Collection, purchased 1976.
Copyright
Reproduced with the kind permission of the Ophthalmic Research Institute of Australia
Subject categories
Australia, Art style: Painter-etchers 1860s-1938 | Collection: The J.W.F. Stephen collection of Sydney Long etchings, acquired 1976.
Country of context
Australia
Creators
LONG, Sydney | (1871–1955) Australian | Male | artist
Last Updated
11 Jan 2013