The slip-rail
Primary Artist
Elioth Gruner (1882–1939)
Title
Date made
1918 – c.1920
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
drypoint, printed in brown ink with plate-tone, from one plate
Matrix size
10.6 x 13.8 cm (plate-mark)
Support
cream wove Japanese vellum paper
Support size
14.4 x 19.0 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
published state
Impression
8/26
Edition information
edition of 26
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed lower right below image in black pencil, 'E. Gruner'. Not dated. Titled lower centre below image in black pencil, 'The Slip-rail'. Inscribed with edition details below image in black pencil, 'No.8'.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
98100
Accession number
83.1118
Accession method
Bequest
Meeting
Meeting 10, 1982/83 (1983-05-09)
Provenance
Purchased by the Sydney art dealer Gayfield Shaw, from the artist, 26 April 1921. It was one of 20 prints acquired by Shaw from Gruner for £ 28. Alan Queale, Brisbane. Bequeathed to the National Gallery of Australia by Alan Queale, Brisbane, 1982. Alan Queale Bequest accepted by the National Gallery of Australia, 1983.
Credit line
Bequest of Alan Queale, 1982.
Country of context
Aotearoa New Zealand
Creators
Gruner, Elioth. | (1882–1939) Aotearoa New Zealander | Australian | Male | artist