Primary Artist

Gayfield Shaw (1885–1961)

Title

The beach.

Source

Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

etching, printed in brown ink with plate-tone, from one plate

Support

cream wove Japanese vellum paper

Support size

19.8 x 15.4 cm (sheet)

Manufacturers mark

no manufacturer's mark

State

published state

Impression

24/75

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

Signed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Gayfield Shaw'. Titled lower centre below plate-mark in black pencil, 'The Beach'. Inscribed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, '24/75'.

Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work

Inscribed lower right corner in black pencil, '1/11/6'.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

58373

Accession number

86.199

Accession method

Curator's allowance

Meeting

Meeting 2, 1986/87 (1986-09-09)

Provenance

Purchased by the National Gallery of Australia, from Josef Lebovic Galleries, Sydney, 1986.

Credit line

Purchased 1986

Country of context

Australia

Creators

Shaw, Gayfield. | (1885–1961) Australian | Male | artist

Last Updated

08 Jan 2013