Bank holiday.
Primary Artist
Ethel Spowers (1890–1947)
Title
Reference
Coppel (1995), ES30
Date made
1935
Place made
Australia, Australia, Victoria, Melbourne View on map Close map
Category
Print type
relief
Technique
linocut, printed in colour, from six blocks (yellow ochre, cobalt blue, reddish brown, green, grey, black)
Matrix size
24.6 x 25.0 cm (printed image)
Support
off-white oriental laid tissue paper
Support size
28.6 x 27.2 cm (sheet)
State
published state
Impression
4/50
Edition information
edition of 50
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed and dated lower right on image in black pencil, 'E.L. Spowers - 35'. Titled lower centre on image in black pencil, 'Bank Holiday'. Inscribed lower centre on image in black pencil, '4/50'.
Subject description
Recreational scene of family groups picnicing in the country on a public holiday.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
116062
Accession number
76.14
Accession method
Purchase
Meeting
Interim Council, Meeting 18 (1976-03-09)
Provenance
Purchased by the Australian National Gallery, from Rudy Komon Gallery, Sydney, 1976.
Credit line
Purchased 1976
Subject category
Australia, Art style: Grosvenor school linocuts
Country of context
Australia
Creators
Spowers, Ethel. | (1890–1947) Australian | Female | artist