Primary Artist

Frederick Coventry (1905–1997)

Title

...and Israel saw the Egyptians dead upon the sea shore.

Other titles

and Israel saw the Egyptians dead upon the sea shore

Date made

1929 – 1929-30

Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

engraving, printed in black ink, from one copper plate

Text printed from matrix

Printed signature lower right edge within image, 'F H Coventry [in reverse]'.

Matrix size

15.2 x 14.4 cm (plate-mark)

Edition information

edition of 50, not completed

Production notes

The artist notes: 'A few impressions only were printed and the plates were lost in the blitz on London in 1940'. [Artist to NGA, file 77/721, folio 16].

Subject category

Australia, Art style: Surrealism

Country of context

Aotearoa New Zealand

Legacy id

146185

Creators

Coventry, Frederick. | (1905–1997) Aotearoa New Zealander | Australian | Male | artist

Last Updated

11 Jan 2013