Cairo

Primary Artist

G.T.M. Roach (1895–1972)

Title

Cairo

Date made

1918 – c.1920

Place made

Australia, Australia, Victoria, Melbourne View on map Close map

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Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

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

Matrix size

7.4 x 10.0 cm (plate-mark)

Support

cream wove paper mounted on cardboard

Support size

12.0 x 18.6 cm (sheet)

State

published state

Impression

undesignated impression

Edition information

edition unknown

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

Signed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'GR'. Not dated. Titled lower centre below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Cairo'.

Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work

Inscribed upper right corner in black pencil, '$150'. Inscribed verso of backing board upper right corner in black pencil, 'S100/Zapp (illeg)/ OFFER/ Roger/ A.N.G.' (offer underlined). Inscribed verso backing board, upper left corner in black pencil, '36' (36 encircled).

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

187749

Accession number

94.18

Accession method

Curator's allowance

Meeting

Meeting 4, 1993/94 (1994-02-23)

Provenance

Purchased by the National Gallery of Australia, from Josef Lebovic Gallery, Sydney, 1994.

Credit line

Purchased 1994

Country of context

Australia

Notes

Inscribed reverse backing board, u.l.c., pencil "36" (36 encircled).

Creators

Roach, G.T.M. | (1895–1972) Australian | Male | artist

Last Updated

08 Jan 2013