The listener
Primary Artist
Jessie Traill (1881–1967)
Title
Date made
1922
Place made
Australia, Australia, Victoria, Melbourne View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
softground-etching, printed in brown ink with plate-tone with wiped highlights, from one plate
Matrix size
16.4 x 7.6 cm (plate-mark)
Support
thin smooth cream wove paper
Support size
32.7 x 17.3 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
published state
Impression
3/20
Edition information
edition of 20
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed and dated lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'JCA Traill 1922'. Titled lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'The Listener'. Inscribed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, '3/20'.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed verso lower right in black pencil, '729'.
Subject description
Seated woman in hat, possibly the artist's sister, Elsie Margaret.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
70556
Accession number
80.894
Accession method
Purchase
Meeting
Meeting 7, 1979/80 (1980-05-13)
Provenance
Purchased by the Australian National Gallery, from Deutscher Fine Art, Melbourne, May 1980
Credit line
Purchased 1980
Subject category
Australia, Art style: Painter-etchers 1860s-1938
Country of context
Australia
Creators
TRAILL, Jessie | (1881–1967) Australian | Female | artist
Last Updated
11 Jan 2013