Wet afternoon.
Primary Artist
Ethel Spowers (1890–1947)
Title
Reference
Coppel (1995), ES14
Date made
1929 – 1929-30
Place made
Australia, Australia, Victoria, Melbourne View on map Close map
Category
Print type
relief
Technique
linocut, printed in colour, from four blocks (grey, cobalt blue, reddish brown, emerald green)
Matrix size
24.3 x 20.4 cm (printed image)
Support
buff oriental laid tissue paper
Support size
31.5 x 23.0 cm (sheet)
State
published state
Impression
17/50
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 - 1930'. Titled lower left below printed image in black pencil, 'Wet Afternoon' Inscribed lower left below printed image in black pencil, '17/50'.
Inscriptions or device by others involved in the works production
no inscriptions
Subject description
Street scene of crowd sheltering from rain under umbrellas, London.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
89799
Accession number
83.39
Accession method
Director's allowance
Meeting
Meeting 8, 1982/83 (1983-03-07)
Provenance
Purchased by the Australian National Gallery, from Garry Anderson Gallery, Sydney, March 1983.
Credit line
Purchased 1983
Subject category
Australia, Art style: Grosvenor school linocuts
Country of context
Australia
Creators
Spowers, Ethel. | (1890–1947) Australian | Female | artist
Last Updated
04 Jan 2013