Argyle Cut in 1926.
Primary Artist
Sydney Ure Smith (1887–1949)
Title
Date made
1926
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
etching, printed in warm black ink, from one plate
Matrix size
23.5 x 18.3 cm (plate-mark)
Support
cream laid F.J. Head & Co paper
Support size
31.6 x 23.4 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
watermark: 'F J Head & Co.'.
State
published state
Impression
15/50
Edition information
edition of 50
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Sydney Ure Smith'. Not dated. Titled lower centre below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Argyle Cut in 1926'. Inscribed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'No.15/ 50 Proof'.
Subject description
Street scene of the Argyle Cut, Argyle Street, The Rocks, Sydney.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
48324
Accession number
46.31
Accession method
Purchase
Provenance
Purchased by the Commonwealth Art Advisory Board (C.A.A.B.), from an unidentified vendor, by 1946.
Subject category
Australia, Art style: Painter-etchers 1860s-1938
Country of context
Australia
Creators
URE SMITH, Sydney | (1887–1949) Australian | English | Male | artist