The green lantern
Primary Artist
Ethel Spowers (1890–1947)
Title
Reference
Coppel (1995), ES8
Date made
1925 – c.1927
Place made
Australia, Australia, Victoria, Melbourne View on map Close map
Category
Print type
relief
Technique
linocut, printed in colour in the Japanese manner, from three blocks
Matrix size
14.2 x 10.4 cm (printed image)
Support
thin white oriental laid paper
Support size
19.0 x 15.4 cm (sheet)
State
published state
Impression
28/50
Edition information
edition of 50
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed lower right below printed image in black pencil, 'E.L. Spowers.'. Not dated. Titled lower left below printed image in black pencil, 'The Green Lantern'. Inscribed lower centre below printed image in black pencil, '28/50'.
Subject description
Oriental lantern in water at night.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
116030
Accession number
76.126
Accession method
Purchase
Meeting
Interim Council, Meeting 18 (1976-03-09)
Provenance
Purchased by the Australian National Gallery, from Rudy Komon Gallery, Sydney, 1976.
Credit line
Purchased 1976
Subject category
Australia, Art style: Japanese influence 1890s-1950s
Country of context
Australia
Creators
Spowers, Ethel. | (1890–1947) Australian | Female | artist