The game

Artist: b'Proctor, Thea.' | Title: b'The game' | Date: 1926 | Technique: b'woodcut, printed in black ink, from one block; hand-coloured' | Copyright: b'\xc2\xa9 Art Gallery of New South Wales'
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Primary Artist

Thea Proctor (1879–1966)

Title

The game

Reference

Butler (1981), 17

Date made

1926

Place made

Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map

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Category

Print

Print type

relief

Technique

woodcut, printed in black ink, from one block; hand-coloured

Matrix size

15.4 x 15.2 cm (printed image)

Support

thin cream laid paper

Support size

20.7 x 17.1 cm (sheet (irregular))

Manufacturers mark

no manufacturer's mark

State

published state

Impression

6 of unspecified edition

Edition information

edition unknown

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

Signed and dated lower right below printed image in black pencil, 'Thea Proctor 1926'. Titled lower left below printed image in black pencil, 'The Game'. Inscribed lower left below printed image in black pencil, 'No 6'.

Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work

Inscribed lower right at base of sheet in black pencil, '3/ [illegible] 71/2'.

Subject description

Outdoor scene of children playing badminton, watched by a girl with a hoop and two women, one holding a parasol.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

44624

Accession number

73.364

Accession method

Purchase

Meeting

Acquisitions Committee, Melbourne, Meeting 3 (1973-04-11)

Provenance

Purchased by the Acquisitions Committee (Australian National Gallery), from Clune Galleries, Sydney, 1973.

Credit line

Purchased 1973

Copyright

© Art Gallery of New South Wales

Country of context

Australia

Creators

Proctor, Thea. | (1879–1966) Australian | Female | artist

Last Updated

08 Jan 2013