Breaking the clod.
Primary Artist
Hans Heysen (1877–1968)
Title
Date made
1907
Place made
Australia, Australia, South Australia, Adelaide View on map Close map
Category
Print type
monoprint
Technique
monotype, printed in brown ink, from one plate
Matrix size
30.6 x 20.4 cm (printed image)
Support
cream wove Japanese vellum paper
Support size
39.8 x 30.4 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
published state
Impression
undesignated impression
Edition information
unique impression; no edition
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
No inscriptions
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
115665
Accession number
79.1291
Accession method
Purchase
Meeting
Meeting 9, 1978/79 (1979-06-19)
Provenance
With Leonard Joel Auction, Melbourne 23-25 May 1979, lot 689. Label of authenticity signed by the artist's son David Heysen. Purchased by the Australian National gallery, from Joseph Brown Galler, Melbourne, June 1979.
Credit line
Purchased 1979
Country of context
Australia
Creators
Cotman, John Sell. | (1782–1842) English | Male | print after
Heysen, Hans. | (1877–1968) Australian | German | Male | artist