Hole in the trees
Primary Artist
Jessie Traill (1881–1967)
Title
Date made
1918 – c.1920
Date details
1977, printed
Place made
Australia, Australia, Victoria, Melbourne View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
etching and aquatint, printed in brown ink, from one zinc plate
Matrix size
29.8 x 49.6 cm (plate-mark)
Support
white wove paper
Support size
39.4 x 60.0 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
published state
Impression
printers proof
Edition information
edition of 10, c.1920; unknown number of posthumous proofs printed in May 1977 by Libby Hirsh
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Not signed. Not dated. Not titled.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Plate 4 9th No. Art & Australia 1921'.
Subject description
View of densely forested area with a small cleared area revealing the sky behind.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
31486
Accession number
77.476
Accession method
Director's allowance
Meeting
Meeting 12, 1977/78 (1977-08-09)
Provenance
Purchased by the Australian National Gallery, from the Josua McClelland Print Room, Melbourne, August 1977.
Credit line
Purchased 1977
Subject category
Australia, Art style: Painter-etchers 1860s-1938
Country of context
Australia
Creators
TRAILL, Jessie | (1881–1967) Australian | Female | artist
Last Updated
04 Jan 2013