Siena market
Primary Artist
Eveline Syme (1888–1961)
Title
Reference
Coppel (1995), ESy18
Date made
1935
Place made
Australia, Australia, Victoria, Melbourne View on map Close map
Category
Print type
relief
Technique
linocut, printed in colour, from four blocks (vermillion, yellow ochre, cerulean blue, ivory black)
Matrix size
10.2 x 7.3 cm (printed image)
Support
buff oriental laid tissue paper
Support size
14.1 x 14.4 cm (sheet)
State
published state
Impression
2/25
Edition information
edition of 25
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed lower right below printed image in black pencil, 'E.W.Syme'. Not dated. Titled lower centre below printed image in black pencil, 'Siena Market'. Inscribed lower centre below printed image in black pencil, '2/25'.
Subject description
Street scene of people in market place, Siena, Italy.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
116272
Accession number
79.905
Accession method
Curator's allowance
Meeting
Meeting 8, 1978/79 (1979-04-10)
Provenance
Anne Montgomery, legatee of the artist's estate. The printmakers, mainly of the thirties, Melbourne: Important Women Artists, 11 September - 30 October, 1977, cat., no.23. Purchased by the Australian National Gallery, from Important Women Artists [gallery], Melbourne, 1979.
Credit line
Purchased 1979
Country of context
Australia
Creators
Syme, Eveline | (1888–1961) Australian | English | Female | artist