Primary Artist

Ethel Spowers (1890–1947)

Title

Still life [2].

Reference

Coppel (1995), ES21

Date made

1932

Place made

Australia, Australia, Victoria, Melbourne View on map Close map

Category

Print

Print type

relief

Technique

linocut, printed in colour, from five blocks

Matrix size

23.2 x 29.6 cm (printed image)

Support

buff oriental laid tissue paper

Support size

26.6 x 33.4 cm (sheet)

Edition information

edition of 30

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

Signed and dated lower right below printed image in black pencil, 'E.L. Spowers -.1932'. Inscribed lower left below printed image in black pencil, 'Still Life - Edition of 30'.

Inscriptions or device by others involved in the works production

no inscriptions

Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work

Inscribed on backing board, '44/ Still LIfe' (Linocut)/ Lent by Miss E.W. Syme/ 102 Toorak Road,/ S Yarra 'Addrress scored throught & replace with another address as follows'- '6 Orrong Heights/ 202 Orrong Road/ Toorak'. Inscribed verso of backing board, on label, 'summer Storm/ Stg7-7-0/E.W. Syme/ 65 Albany Road/Toorak SE2' address scored through & replaced with another address as follows'-'c/o G.W. Bruce, Esq/483 Collins Street, Melbourne, C.1'.

Subject description

Still life featuring an Italian Lenci porcelain squirrel eating a nut on a bench.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

170116

Accession number

93.43

Accession method

Gift

Meeting

Meeting 4, 1992/93 (1993-02-17)

Provenance

Gift to the National Gallery of Australia, from Ian Syme, New South Wales, 1993

Credit line

Gift of Ian Syme 1993

Subject category

Still life

Country of context

Australia

Notes

Print removed from original frame and mount 19/1/93. Original frame and mount returned and stored.

Creators

Spowers, Ethel. | (1890–1947) Australian | Female | artist