Les deux portes, la Pigeoniere [the two doors, the dovecote]

Artist: b'TRAILL, Jessie' | Title: b'Les deux portes, la Pigeoniere [the two doors, the dovecote]' | Date: 1951 | Technique: b'etching, printed in black ink, from one plate'
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Primary Artist

Jessie Traill (1881–1967)

Title

Les deux portes, la Pigeoniere [the two doors, the dovecote]

Other titles

Les deux portes, La Pigeonierre [sic]

Date made

1951

Place made

Australia, Australia, Victoria, Melbourne View on map Close map

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Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

etching, printed in black ink, from one plate

Matrix size

12.6 x 20.4 cm (plate-mark)

Support

medium weight smooth cream wove paper

Support size

25.2 x 32.6 cm (sheet)

Manufacturers mark

no manufacturer's mark

State

published state

Impression

12/?

Edition information

edition unknown

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

Signed and dated lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'J.C.A. Traill 1951' Titled lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Les Deux Portes, La Pigeoniere 12'

Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work

Inscribed verso upper left center in black pencil, 'for the Society of Graphic Art Ex July 1952 / £3.3.0 - unframed / add price of frame - other prints / Etching - Les deux Portes, La Pigeonierre / J.C.A. Traill / C/- Rowley Gallery'. Inscribed lower centre at base of paper in black pencil, 'T 569/9'. Inscribed on mount from lower left at base of paper in black pencil, 'Jessie Constance Alicia Traill / (J.C.A. Traill) Les deux Portes, La Pigeonierre. Exhibited Society of Graphic Art. July 1952 Etching / 9 - Rowley Gallery London. Signed and dated LR 1951'. Inscribed on mount lower centre in black pencil, '(Edition 12?). Inscribed on mount lower centre at base of paper in black pencil, 'SN. 4024 2.5.85 $450 unframed'.

Subject description

Double stone archway covered in ivy, forming a home for pigeons, France.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

42184

Accession number

86.594

Accession method

Curator's allowance

Meeting

Meeting 6, 1985/86 (1986-02-11)

Provenance

Purchased by the National Gallery of Australia, from The Print Room [gallery], Sydney, February 1986.

Credit line

Purchased 1986

Subject category

Australia, Art style: Painter-etchers 1860s-1938

Country of context

Australia

Creators

TRAILL, Jessie | (1881–1967) Australian | Female | artist

Last Updated

04 Jan 2013