The old Sydney Morning Herald offices

Primary Artist

Sydney Ure Smith (1887–1949)

Title

The old Sydney Morning Herald offices

Date made

1924 – c.1926

Place made

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

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Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

etching and aquatint, printed in black ink, from one plate

Matrix size

32.6 x 22.8 cm (plate-mark)

Support

cream laid paper

Support size

34.2 x 26.4 cm (sheet)

Manufacturers mark

watermark: 'Hand Made'.

State

published state

Impression

29/30

Edition information

edition of 30

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

Signed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Sydney Ure Smith'. Not dated. Titled lower centre below plate-mark in black pencil, 'The old Sydney Morning Herald cffices'. Inscribed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'No.29/ 30 Proof'.

Subject description

Street scene of old Sydney Morning Herald newspaper building, corner of Hunter and Pitt Streets, Sydney with new office tower under construction behind.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

98058

Accession number

83.1103

Accession method

Bequest

Meeting

Meeting 10, 1982/83 (1983-05-09)

Provenance

Alan Queale, Brisbane. Bequeathed to the National Gallery of Australia by Alan Queale, Brisbane, 1982. Alan Queale Bequest accepted by the National Gallery of Australia, 1983.

Credit line

Bequest of Alan Queale, 1982.

Subject category

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

Country of context

Australia

Creators

URE SMITH, Sydney | (1887–1949) Australian | English | Male | artist

Last Updated

11 Jan 2013