Primary Artist

Mary Cecil Allen (1893–1962)

Title

Christmas card: Village landscape.

Date made

1950

Place made

North & Central America, United States of America, Massachusetts, Provincetown View on map Close map

Category

Print

Print type

relief

Technique

linocut, printed in colour, from one block

Matrix size

12.0 x 16.8 cm (printed image)

Support

thin cream oriental style laid paper mounted on cream textured wove paper

Support size

16.8 x 19.4 cm (sheet (folded in half))

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

Signed lower right below printed image in black pencil, 'MCA'. Not dated. Signed backing sheet reverse upper left in pen and ink, 'Dear Love to you both from Mary Cecil.'.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

103877

Accession number

85.1614

Accession method

Curator's allowance

Meeting

Meeting 2, 1985/86 (1985-08-13)

Provenance

Gift to the Australian National Gallery, from Dr. Val Stephen, Melbourne, 1985.

Credit line

Purchased 1985

Country of context

Australia

Creators

Allen, Mary Cecil. | (1893–1962) American | Australian | Female | artist