Dusk on the Harbour

Artist: b'Rees, Lloyd.' | Title: b'Dusk on the Harbour' | Date: 1978 | Technique: b'softground etching, printed in blue ink, from one zinc plate; hand-coloured in watercolour by David Rankin' | Copyright: b'\xc2\xa9 Alan and Jancis Rees'
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Primary Artist

Lloyd Rees (1895–1988)

Title

Dusk on the Harbour

Source

In Tribute to Sydney. Sydney: Port Jackson Press, 1978.

Page or Plate number

no.6

Reference

Kolenberg (1986), 29

Date made

1978

Place made

Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map

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Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

softground etching, printed in blue ink, from one zinc plate; hand-coloured in watercolour by David Rankin

Matrix size

25.6 x 41.0 cm (plate-mark)

Support

white wove BFK Rives 250 gsm paper

Support size

37.4 x 52.2 cm (sheet)

State

Only state; Published state

Impression

68/90

Edition information

edition of 90, plus 10 artist's proofs inscribed in pencil, 'AP'.

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

Signed and dated lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Lloyd Rees 1978'. Inscribed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, ' 68/90'

Subject description

Harbour scene of ferry and other boats on Sydney Harbour, possibly from Balls Head.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

33330

Accession number

82.171.1

Accession method

Purchase

Meeting

Meeting 10, 1981/82 (1982-06-15)

Provenance

Purchased by the Australian National Gallery, from Port Jackson Press, Sydney, June 1982.

Credit line

Purchased 1982

Copyright

© Alan and Jancis Rees

Country of context

Australia

Creators

PORT JACKSON PRESS | (1975–) Australian | Organisation | publisher

Rees, Lloyd. | (1895–1988) Australian | Male | artist

Miller, Max. | (1940–) Australian | Male | printer

Last Updated

07 Jan 2013