Primary Artist

Ailsa [1]. Allan (1899–1943)

Title

Woolloomooloo.

Date made

1928

Place made

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

Category

Print

Print type

relief

Technique

linocut, printed in black ink, from one block

Matrix size

22.7 x 20.5 cm (printed image)

Support

cream laid Japanese style paper

Support size

35.4 x 27.0 cm (sheet)

State

published state

Impression

7/30

Edition information

edition of 30

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

Signed and dated lower right below printed image in black pencil, 'Ailsa Lee Brown '28'. Titled lower left below printed image in black pencil, 'Woolloomooloo'. Inscribed lower left below printed image in black pencil, '7/30'.

Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work

Inscribed upper right corner in black pencil, 'CAT No.17'.

Subject description

Streetscape view from the Domain looking down onto Cowper Wharf Road and wharves, Woolloomooloo, Sydney, N.S.W. with horse-drawn cart and people in the foreground and terraces of Victoria Street, Potts Point in the background.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

187544

Accession number

94.387

Accession method

Purchase

Meeting

Meeting 6, 1993/94 (1994-06-29)

Provenance

'Masterpieces of Australian printmaking', Sydney: Josef Lebovic Gallery, 1987, cat., no. 32. (ill.). Collection of Stephen Scheding. Purchased by the National Gallery of Australia, from Stephen Scheding, Sydney, June 1994; One of a group of 12 prints purchased from Scheding Collection.

Credit line

Purchased 1994

Country of context

Australia

Creators

Allan, Ailsa [1]. | (1899–1943) Australian | Female | artist

Last Updated

11 Jan 2013