The shell.
Primary Artist
Henri Van Raalte (1881–1929)
Title
Reference
Spartalis (1989), 47
Date made
1920
Place made
Australia, Australia, Western Australia, Perth View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
drypoint, printed in brown ink with plate-tone, from one plate
Matrix size
42.2 x 24.3 cm (plate-mark)
Support
cream wove Japanese vellum paper
Support size
53.0 x 35.0 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
published state
Impression
11/40
Edition information
edition of 40
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'H. van Raalte'. Not dated. Titled lower centre below plate-mark in black pencil, 'The Shell'. Inscribed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'No. 11 of 40'.
Subject description
Landscape with the outer shell of a dead tree still standing, Western Australia.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
39083
Accession number
76.722.20
Accession method
Purchase
Meeting
Meeting 4, 1976/77 (1976-10-12)
Provenance
Purchased by the Australian National Gallery, from Thirty Victoria Street [gallery], Sydney, 27 July 1976, as one of 25 prints by various Australian artists.
Credit line
Purchased 1976
Country of context
Australia
Creators
van RAALTE, Henri | (1881–1929) English | Male | artist