The bamboo blind.

Primary Artist

Ethel Spowers (1890–1947)

Title

The bamboo blind.

Reference

Coppel (1995), ES4

Date made

1924 – c.1926

Place made

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

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Category

Print

Print type

relief

Technique

linocut, printed in colour in the Japanese manner, from multiple blocks

Matrix size

15.4 x 15.0 cm (printed image)

Support

thin white oriental paper

Support size

20.4 x 21.4 cm (sheet)

State

published state

Impression

4/50

Edition information

edition of 50

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

Signed lower right below printed image in black pencil, 'E.L. Spowers'. Not dated. Titled lower left below printed image in black pencil, 'The Bamboo Blind' Inscribed lower left below image, '4/50'.

Inscriptions or device by others involved in the works production

no inscriptions

Subject description

Nursery scene of a child playing indoors looking through a bamboo blind at two other children playing with a ball outside.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

116018

Accession number

76.12

Accession method

Purchase

Meeting

Interim Council, Meeting 18 (1976-03-09)

Provenance

Purchased by the Australian National Gallery, from Rudy Komon Gallery, Sydney, 1976.

Credit line

Purchased 1976

Subject category

Australia, Art style: Japanese influence 1890s-1950s

Country of context

Australia

Creators

Spowers, Ethel. | (1890–1947) Australian | Female | artist

Last Updated

07 Jan 2013