Resting models
Primary Artist
Ethel Spowers (1890–1947)
Title
Reference
Coppel (1995), ES29
Date made
1933 – 1933-34
Place made
Australia, Australia, Victoria, Melbourne View on map Close map
Category
Print type
relief
Technique
linocut, printed in colour inks, from four blocks (green, reddish brown, black, beige)
Matrix size
19.6 x 26.6 cm (printed image)
Support
buff oriental laid tissue paper
Support size
23.4 x 35.6 cm (sheet)
State
published state
Impression
2/50
Edition information
edition of 50
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed and dated lower right below printed image in black pencil, 'E.L. Spowers - 1934'.
Titled lower left below printed image in black pencil, 'Resting Models'.
Inscribed lower left below printed image in black pencil, '2/50'.
Inscriptions or device by others involved in the works production
no inscriptions
Subject description
Two nude female models. They were identified by Eric Thake as Ethel Spowers and Eveline Syme..
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
64038
Accession number
79.2602
Accession method
Curator's allowance
Meeting
Meeting 4, 1979/80 (1979-12-11)
Provenance
The printmakers - mainly of the thirties, Melbourne: Important Women Artists, 11 September - 30 October, 1977, cat., no.1. (also available 2/50...unframed $310).
A survey of Australian relief prints 1900/1950, Melbourne: Deutscher Galleries, 13 April - 5 May 1978, cat., no.170.
Purchased by the Australian National Gallery, from Deutscher Galleries, Melbourne, 1978.
Credit line
Purchased 1979
Subject category
Australia, Art style: Grosvenor school linocuts
Country of context
Australia
Creators
Spowers, Ethel. | (1890–1947) Australian | Female | artist