Greeting card: Desert pea
Primary Artist
Eveline Syme (1888–1961)
Title
Reference
Coppel (1995), ESy not listed
Date made
1943 – c.1945
Place made
Australia, Australia, Victoria, Melbourne View on map Close map
Category
Print type
relief
Technique
linocut, printed in red ink, from one block
Matrix size
7.5 x 5.5 cm (printed image)
Support
buff oriental wove paper, mounted at top to heavy cream paper
Support size
9.0 x 6.7 cm (sheet)
State
published state
Impression
undesignated impression
Edition information
edition unknown
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed lower right below printed image in black pencil, 'E.W.S'. Not dated. Inscribed lower left below printed image in black pencil, 'Desert Pea.'. Inscribed verso lower right in pen and blue ink, '& love from / Eveline.'.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed verso of backing sheet lower right corner in pen and blue ink, 'F.D.D [Francis Derham]'.
Subject description
Native Australian flora: Sturt's desert pea.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
87801
Accession number
82.1782
Accession method
Gift
Meeting
Meeting 5, 1982/83 (1982-11-08)
Provenance
Gift toi Frances Derham, from the artist, Melbourne. Gift to the Australian National Gallery, from Frances Derham, Melbourne, 1982
Country of context
Australia
Notes
Inscribed reverse cream paper, l.r.c., pen and blue ink "F.D.D".
Creators
Syme, Eveline | (1888–1961) Australian | English | Female | artist
Last Updated
07 Jan 2013