The scrambling man.
Primary Artist
Frederick Coventry (1905–1997)
Title
Date made
1929 – 1929-30
Place made
Europe, England, Greater London, London View on map Close map
Category
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