Hillside houses.

Primary Artist

Dorrit Black (1891–1951)

Title

Hillside houses.

Reference

North (1979), L13; Coppel (1995), DB15

Date made

1929 – c.1931

Place made

Australia, Australia, South Australia, Adelaide View on map Close map

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Category

Print

Print type

relief

Technique

linocut printed in black ink, from one block

Matrix size

20.2 x 16.4 cm (printed image)

Support

oriental style paper

Support size

22.8 x 18.2 cm (sheet)

Impression

proof before edition

Edition information

edition of 400 unsigned impressions printed in Chapbook, no.2 1936

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

No inscriptions

Subject description

Urban scene of houses at Bellevue Hill in the Eastern suburbs of Sydney, N.S.W.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

83920

Accession number

82.602

Accession method

Purchase

Meeting

Meeting 1, 1982/83 (1982-07-12)

Provenance

Purchased by the Australian National Gallery from the artist's family, Adelaide, 1982.

Credit line

Purchased 1982

Subject category

Australia, Art style: Grosvenor school linocuts

Country of context

Australia

Notes

A view of houses of the fashionable Sydney suburb Bellevue Hill.

Creators

Black, Dorrit. | (1891–1951) Australian | Female | artist

Last Updated

11 Jan 2013