The Balmain Buoy

Artist: b'Rees, Lloyd.' | Title: b'The Balmain Buoy' | Date: 1978 | Technique: b'softground etching, printed in blue ink with plate-tone, from one zinc plate' | Copyright: b'\xc2\xa9 Alan and Jancis Rees'
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Primary Artist

Lloyd Rees (1895–1988)

Title

The Balmain Buoy

Source

In Tribute to Sydney. Sydney: Port Jackson Press, 1978.

Page or Plate number

no.5

Reference

Kolenberg (1986), 28

Date made

1978

Place made

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

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Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

softground etching, printed in blue ink with plate-tone, from one zinc plate

Matrix size

25.0 x 30.4 cm (plate-mark)

Support

white wove Velin Arches 250 gsm paper

Support size

53.0 x 37.8 cm (sheet)

State

Only state; Published state

Impression

68/90

Edition information

edition of 90, plus 10 artist's proofs inscribed in pencil, 'AP'.

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

Signed and dated lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Lloyd Rees 1978'. Inscribed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, ' 68/90'

Subject description

Harbour scene of person fishing from boat moored to buoy, near Balmain, Sydney. Ferry passing behind.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

33340

Accession number

82.171.6

Accession method

Purchase

Meeting

Meeting 10, 1981/82 (1982-06-15)

Provenance

Purchased by the Australian National Gallery, from Port Jackson Press, Sydney, June 1982.

Credit line

Purchased 1982

Copyright

© Alan and Jancis Rees

Country of context

Australia

Creators

PORT JACKSON PRESS | (1975–) Australian | Organisation | publisher

Rees, Lloyd. | (1895–1988) Australian | Male | artist

Miller, Max. | (1940–) Australian | Male | printer

Last Updated

11 Jan 2013