Finance: "For the moment, if you please madam, less of this fecundity".

Primary Artist

Will Dyson (1880–1938)

Title

Finance: "For the moment, if you please madam, less of this fecundity".

Date made

1927 – c.1929

Place made

New York, New York, United States of America View on map Close map

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Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

drypoint, printed in black ink, from one plate

Matrix size

25.2 x 18.9 cm (plate-mark)

Subject description

Satirical scene of banker representing finance addressing nude woman representing productivity pouring goods from a cornucopia.

Country of context

Australia

Legacy id

31442

Creators

Dyson, Will. | (1880–1938) Australian | Male | artist

Last Updated

20 Nov 2025

Impressions

Collection

National Gallery of Australia | 77.455

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