Hole in the trees.
Primary Artist
Jessie Traill (1881–1967)
Title
Date made
1914
Place made
Australia, Australia, Victoria, Melbourne 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