The rain cloud.
Primary Artist
Ethel Spowers (1890–1947)
Title
Reference
Coppel (1995), ES16
Date made
1929 – c.1931
Place made
Australia, Australia, Victoria, Melbourne View on map Close map
Category
Print type
relief
Technique
linocut, printed in colour, from four blocks
Matrix size
20.8 x 26.8 cm (printed image)
Support
buff oriental laid paper
State
published state
Impression
17/30
Edition information
edition of 30
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed and dated lower right below printed image in black pencil, 'E.L. Spowers - 1931'. Titled lower left below printed image in black pencil, 'The Rain Cloud' Inscribed lower left below printed image in black pencil, '17/30'.
Inscriptions or device by others involved in the works production
no inscriptions
Subject description
Rural scene of a man leading his horse-drawn caravan, family and dog down a road with a rain cloud approaching.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
34395
Accession number
84.44
Accession method
Curator's allowance
Meeting
Meeting 6, 1983/84 (1984-02-14)
Provenance
Purchased by the Australian National Gallery, from Deutscher Fine Art, Melbourne, 1984.
Credit line
Purchased 1984
Subject category
Australia, Art style: Grosvenor school linocuts
Country of context
Australia
Creators
Spowers, Ethel. | (1890–1947) Australian | Female | artist