Horizontal portrait.
Primary Artist
Frederick Coventry (1905–1997)
Title
Date made
1929
Place made
Europe, England, Greater London, London View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
etching, printed in black ink, from one plate
Matrix size
14.6 x 12.6 cm (plate-mark)
Support
cream laid paper
Support size
25.9 x 20.0 cm (sheet)
State
published state
Impression
3/50
Edition information
edition of 50, not completed
Production notes
The artist notes: 'A few impressions only were printed and the plates were lost in the blitz on London in 1940'. [Artist to NGA, file 77/721, folio 16].
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'F H Coventy'. Not dated. Titled lower centre below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Horizontal Portrait'. Inscribed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, '3/50'.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed lower centre in black pencil, 'Bottom'. Inscribed verso lower centre in black pencil, '145-243'.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
40970
Accession number
77.714.39
Accession method
Purchase
Meeting
Meeting 15, 1977/78 (1977-11-08)
Provenance
Purchased by the Australian National Gallery, from John Brackenreg, Artarmon Galleries, Sydney, 1977.
Credit line
Purchased 1977
Country of context
Aotearoa New Zealand
Notes
The artist notes in a letter on file 77/721. The print was of "Darlinghurst Sydney". He also notes it "is based on my pen drawing of 1928 a view of Darlinghurst, Sydney". "The etching "Horizontal Portrait" was executed in 1929 in London from a Self portrait in pencil done in 1927 dated 13.7.1927
Creators
Coventry, Frederick. | (1905–1997) Aotearoa New Zealander | Australian | Male | artist