Apples and Birds of Paradise.
Primary Artist
Frederick Coventry (1905–1997)
Title
Date made
1929 – 1929-30
Place made
Europe, England, Greater London, London View on map Close map
Category
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