Beginners' class
Primary Artist
Eveline Syme (1888–1961)
Title
Other titles
The skiing class
Reference
Coppel (1995), ESy22
Date made
1940
Place made
Australia, Australia, Victoria, Melbourne View on map Close map
Category
Print type
relief
Technique
linocut, printed in colour from three blocks (yellow ochre, vermillion, black)
Matrix size
16.2 x 21.4 cm (printed image)
Support
buff laid oriental tissue paper
Support size
22.6 x 27.2 cm (sheet)
State
published state
Impression
2/25
Edition information
2nd edition of 1956, printed with added cobalt blue block
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed lower right below printed image in black pencil, 'E.W. Syme'. Not dated. Titled lower left below printed image in black pencil, 'Beginners' Class.'. Inscribed lower left below printed image in black pencil, '2/25.'.
Subject description
Recreational scene of people taking skiing lessons on a slope.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
168989
Accession number
92.1254
Accession method
Curator's allowance
Meeting
Meeting 2, 1992/93 (1992-10-26)
Provenance
Purchased by the Australian National Gallery, from Eastgate Gallery, Melbourne, 1992
Credit line
Purchased 1992
Country of context
Australia
Creators
Syme, Eveline | (1888–1961) Australian | English | Female | artist