Football.
Primary Artist
Ethel Spowers (1890–1947)
Title
Reference
Coppel (1995), ES34
Date made
1936
Place made
Australia, Australia, Victoria, Melbourne View on map Close map
Category
Print type
relief
Technique
linocut, printed in colour, from four blocks (yellow ochre, reddish brown, grey, black)
Matrix size
22.6 x 27.6 cm (printed image)
Support
off-white oriental laid tissue mounted to cream cardboard backing
Support size
27.6 x 30.6 cm (sheet)
State
published state
Impression
5/60
Edition information
edition of 60
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed and dated upper left on image in black pencil, 'E.L. Spowers - 1936'. Titled upper right on image in black pencil, 'Football'. Inscribed upper right on image in black pencil, '5/50'.
Inscriptions or device by others involved in the works production
no inscriptions
Subject description
Sporting scene of men in a game of Australian Rules reaching for the ball after the "the bounce".
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
83938
Accession number
82.608
Accession method
Purchase
Meeting
Meeting 1, 1982/83 (1982-07-12)
Provenance
Purchased by the Australian National Gallery, from Garry Anderson Gallery, Sydney, July 1982; From the exhibition, 'Important prints of 1930s - 1950s', Sydney: Garry Anderson Gallery, 19 May - 19 June 1982, cat., no.14.
Credit line
Purchased 1982
Subject category
Australia, Art style: Grosvenor school linocuts
Country of context
Australia
Creators
Spowers, Ethel. | (1890–1947) Australian | Female | artist