The factory.
Primary Artist
Eveline Syme (1888–1961)
Title
Reference
Coppel (1995), ESy14
Date made
1933
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
18.3 x 20.4 cm (printed image)
Support
off white oriental laid tissue paper
Support size
22.6 x 28.2 cm (sheet)
State
published state
Impression
3/25
Edition information
edition of 25; plus colour proofs with the key block printed in black rather than ochre ink.
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed and dated lower right in black pencil, 'E.W. Syme. 1933'. Titled lower left below printed image in black pencil, 'The Factory'. Inscribed lower left below printed image in black pencil, '3/25'.
Subject description
Industrial scene of factory building with smoke stacks.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
116266
Accession number
79.902
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.5. 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