Overtures
Primary Artist
Ethel Spowers (1890–1947)
Title
Reference
Coppel (1995), ES2
Date made
1926
Place made
Australia, Australia, Victoria, Melbourne View on map Close map
Category
Print type
relief
Technique
linocut, printed in colour in the Japanese manner, from multiple blocks
Matrix size
17.0 x 16.4 cm (printed image)
Support
off-white thin oriental style paper
Support size
21.4 x 20.6 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
published state
Impression
25/50
Edition information
edition of 50
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed lower left below printed image in black pencil, 'E.L. Spowers'. Not dated. Titled lower left below printed image in black pencil, 'Overtures' Inscribed lower left below image, '25/50'.
Inscriptions or device by others involved in the works production
no inscriptions
Subject description
Nursery scene of two children feeding bread to a flock of geese.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
48349
Accession number
46.38
Accession method
Purchase
Provenance
Purchased by the Commonwealth Art Advisory Board (C.A.A.B.), from an unidentified vendor, by 1946.
Country of context
Australia
Creators
Spowers, Ethel. | (1890–1947) Australian | Female | artist