The flower shop.
Primary Artist
Thea Proctor (1879–1966)
Title
Reference
Butler (1981), 11
Date made
1918 – c.1920
Place made
Europe, England, Greater London, London View on map Close map
Category
Print type
planographic
Technique
lithograph, printed in colour, from four stones
Matrix size
24.1 x 19.3 cm (printed image)
Support
oriental style paper
Support size
37.6 x 26.9 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
published state
Edition information
edition of 12
Production notes
Colour registration marks upper centre 1.2cm above image and 1.2 cm beloww image.
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed lower right below image in black pencil, 'Thea Proctor'. Not dated. Titled lower left below image in black pencil, 'The Flower Shop'.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed lower right corner in black pencil, '14'.
Subject description
Two women choosing flowers at a florist while a girl sits on the floor, smelling a flower. A palm tree stands in the corner of the room.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
83935
Accession number
82.607
Accession method
Purchase
Meeting
Meeting 1, 1982/83 (1982-07-12)
Provenance
With Niagara Lane Galleries by 1981. Exhibited in, 'Australian relief prints, etchings and lithographs - 1986 to the mid 1950s'. Melbourne Niagara Galleries, June - Jully 1981, cat. no., 48. Purchased by the National Gallery of Australia, from Niagara Galleries, Melbourne, May 1983.
Credit line
Purchased 1982
Copyright
© Art Gallery of New South Wales
Country of context
Australia
Creators
Proctor, Thea. | (1879–1966) Australian | Female | artist