Hole in the trees.
Primary Artist
Jessie Traill (1881–1967)
Title
Date made
1914
Place made
Naam / Melbourne, Victoria, Australia View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
etching and aquatint, printed in warm black ink with plate-tone, from one zinc plate
Matrix size
30.1 x 49.2 cm (plate-mark)
Support
thin cream wove paper
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
published state
Impression
6/10
Edition information
edition of 10
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed and dated lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'JCA Traill 1914-'. Titled lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'The hole in the trees'. Inscribed with impression details lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, '6/10' Inscribed with mount measurements verso lower centre at base in black pencil, '23 1/2 x 18'.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed verso of frame in black pencil, 'Warkies Wood.' Harkaway as it used to be./This is where I used to live, B.Baxter/ Dec. 1954'.
Subject description
View of dense bushland, with the open air behind revealed only through a cleared space in the trees.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
149196
Accession number
2005.763
Accession method
Purchase
Meeting
Meeting 2, 2005/2006 (2005-10-26)
Provenance
At auction, Deutscher~Menzies, Melbourne, 21 September 2005, lot 468. Purchased by the National Gallery of Australia, from Adam Galleries, Melbourne, October 2005.
Credit line
Purchased 2004
Subject category
Australia, Art style: Painter-etchers 1860s-1938
Country of context
Australia
Creators
Traill, Jessie. | (1881–1967) Australian | Female | artist
Last Updated
11 Jan 2013