The scrambling man.

Primary Artist

Frederick Coventry (1905–1997)

Title

The scrambling man.

Date made

1929 – 1929-30

Place made

Europe, England, Greater London, London View on map Close map

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Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

engraving, printed in black ink, from one copper plate

Matrix size

15.0 x 14.0 cm (plate-mark)

Support

white laid paper

Support size

23.9 x 17.9 cm (sheet)

Manufacturers mark

watermark: image of medieval head on shield, possibly Christ, and '1399'.

State

published state

Impression

18/35

Edition information

edition of 35

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

Signed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'F.H. Coventry'. Not dated. Titled lower centre below plate-mark in black pencil, 'The Scrambling Man.'. Inscribed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, '18/35'.

Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work

Inscribed verso upper centre inverted in black pencil, 'Steinway [?]'.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

146184

Accession number

90.1694

Accession method

Curator's allowance

Meeting

Meeting 4, 1990/91 (1990-12-13)

Provenance

Purchased by the Australian National Gallery, from the artist, London, 1990.

Credit line

Purchased 1990

Subject category

Australia, Art style: Surrealism

Country of context

Aotearoa New Zealand

Notes

The artist notes in a letter on file 77/721 The print was "entered for the Rome scholarship (Prix de Rome in engraving 1930), had to show engraving, drawing". "A few impressions only were printed and the plates were lost in the blitz on London in 1940". The artist, in a letter on file 77/721 folio 16.

Creators

Coventry, Frederick. | (1905–1997) Aotearoa New Zealander | Australian | Male | artist

Last Updated

11 Jan 2013