The lawn mower.
Primary Artist
Dorrit Black (1891–1951)
Title
Reference
Coppel (1995), DB18; North (1979), L17
Date made
1930 – c.1932
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
Print type
relief
Technique
linocut, printed in colour, from four blocks (brick red, yellow ochre, emerald green, dark blue)
Matrix size
19.8 x 13.2 cm (printed image)
Support
thin cream oriental paper
Support size
22.4 x 16.5 cm (sheet)
State
published state
Impression
11/50
Edition information
edition of 50
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed lower right below printed image in black pencil, 'Dorrit Black'. Not dated. Titled lower left below printed image in black pencil, 'The Lawn Mower'. Inscribed centre left below printed image in black pencil, '11/50'.
Subject description
Woman mowing a lawn with a manual mower.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
111157
Accession number
78.307
Accession method
Purchase
Meeting
Meeting 18, 1977/78 (1978-05-30)
Provenance
Purchased by the Australian National Gallery, from Deutscher Galleries, Melbourne, 1978.
Credit line
Purchased 1978
Subject category
Australia, Art style: Grosvenor school linocuts
Country of context
Australia
Creators
Black, Dorrit. | (1891–1951) Australian | Female | artist
Last Updated
04 Jan 2013