Primary Artist

Gayfield Shaw (1885–1961)

Title

The lake

Date made

1928 – c.1930

Place made

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

Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

etching, printed in brown ink with light plate-tone, from one copper plate

Matrix size

25.2 x 21.4 cm (plate-mark)

Support

cream wove Japanese vellum paper

Support size

32.4 x 25.6 cm (sheet)

Manufacturers mark

no manufacturer's mark

State

published state

Impression

proof A

Edition information

edition of 50

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

Signed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Gayfield Shaw'. Titled lower centre below plate-mark in black pencil, 'The Lake'. Inscribed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Proof A'.

Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work

Inscribed lower right corner pencil, '5/5/-'.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

65422

Accession number

88.739

Accession method

Curator's allowance

Meeting

Meeting 11, 1987/88 (1988-06-28)

Provenance

Purchased by the National Gallery of Australia, from the Estate of Robert Campbell (Macquarie Galleries), Sydney, 1988.

Credit line

Purchased from Gallery admission charges 1988

Country of context

Australia

Creators

Shaw, Gayfield. | (1885–1961) Australian | Male | artist