Apples and Birds of Paradise.

Primary Artist

Frederick Coventry (1905–1997)

Title

Apples and Birds of Paradise.

Date made

1929 – 1929-30

Place made

Europe, England, Greater London, London View on map Close map

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Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

engraving, printed in black ink, from one copper plate

Matrix size

21.4 x 16.7 cm (plate-mark)

Support

cream laid paper

Support size

27.4 x 22.9 cm (sheet)

Manufacturers mark

watermark: center left, image of legs and feet touching a ball, with floating hands

State

published state

Impression

19/50

Edition information

edition of 50, not completed

Production notes

The artist notes: 'A few impressions only were printed and the plates were lost in the blitz on London in 1940'. [Artist to NGA, file 77/721, folio 16].

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

Signed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'F H Coventry'. Not dated. Titled lower centre below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Apples & Birds of Paradise'. Inscribed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, '19/50'.

Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work

Inscribed verso lower centre in ballpoint pen, '106 [crossed out]'.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

146180

Accession number

90.169

Accession method

Curator's allowance

Meeting

Meeting 4, 1990/91 (1990-12-13)

Provenance

Purchased by the Australian National Gallery, from the artist, London, 1990.

Credit line

Purchased 1990

Country of context

Aotearoa New Zealand

Notes

The artist notes in a letter on file 77/721 "Some of these buildings face the river not far from the Houses of Parliament, at that time earlier housing was being demolished". "A few impressions only were printed and the plates were lost in the blitx on London in 1940". The artist, in a letter on file 77/721 folio 16.

Creators

Coventry, Frederick. | (1905–1997) Aotearoa New Zealander | Australian | Male | artist

Last Updated

11 Jan 2013