Mirage
Primary Artist
Jessie Traill (1881–1967)
Title
Date made
1928
Place made
Australia, Australia, Victoria, Melbourne View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
aquatint and etching, printed in brown ink with plate-tone, from one plate
Matrix size
10.0 x 29.0 cm (plate-mark)
Support
medium weight cream wove paper
Support size
16.8 x 32.2 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
published state
Impression
10/20
Edition information
edition of 20
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed and inscribed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'To Miss Hiscock from J.C.A. Traill 1928'. Titled lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Mirage 10/20'.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, '10/20'.
Subject description
Dry looking landscape with small pools of water and bushes with mountains rising behind.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
34403
Accession number
84.52
Accession method
Curator's allowance
Meeting
Meeting 6, 1983/84 (1984-02-14)
Provenance
Miss Hiscock, gift of the artist 1928 (see inscription) Purchased by the Australian National Gallery, from Josef Lebovic Gallery, Sydney, February 1984.
Credit line
Purchased 1984
Subject category
Australia, Art style: Painter-etchers 1860s-1938
Country of context
Australia
Creators
TRAILL, Jessie | (1881–1967) Australian | Female | artist