Football.
Primary Artist
Ethel Spowers (1890–1947)
Title
Reference
Coppel (1995), ES34
Date made
1936
Place made
Naam / Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 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
Last Updated
02 Mar 2020