Northern bridge approach.
Primary Artist
Bim Hilder (1909–1990)
Title
Other titles
The bridges
Date made
1931 – (1931)
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
etching and aquatint, printed in colour, from three plates
Matrix size
13.2 x 21.2 cm (plate-mark)
Support
cream wove paper subsequently mounted on cardboard
Support size
22.2 x 29.4 cm (sheet)
State
published state
Impression
presentation proof, no. 1
Edition information
edition of 30
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, '...Bim Hilder.'. Not dated. Inscribed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'To Harold Byrne from ...'. Inscribed lower centre below plate-mark in black pencil, 'The Bridges'. Inscribed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, '1.'.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed lower centre - lower right in black pencil, [illeg framing instructions removed due to paper loss from removal of original mount prior to NGA purchase]. Inscribed on original backing board, 'The Bridge/ by/ BIM HILDER/ given to his fellow artist/ Harold Byrne'.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
9389
Accession number
96.938
Accession method
Purchase
Meeting
Meeting 2, 1996/97 (1996-10-29)
Provenance
Harold Byrne, gift of the artist (see inscription]. Private Collection. Purchased by the National Gallery of Australia, from Louella Kerr Books, Sydney, 1996.
Credit line
Purchased 1996
Subject category
Australia, Art style: Painter-etchers 1860s-1938
Country of context
Australia
Creators
Hilder, Bim. | (1909–1990) Australian | Male | artist