La surprise.

Primary Artist

Adrian Feint (1894–1971)

Title

La surprise.

Source

Adrian Feint, a portfolio of 12 prints. Sydney, 1982

Date made

1923

Date details

1982, printed

Place made

Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map

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Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

etching, printed in black ink, from one plate

Matrix size

25.0 x 21.2 cm (plate-mark)

Support

paper

Support size

44.5 x 34.5 cm (sheet)

State

published state

Impression

2nd edition 50/50

Edition information

1st edition of 50; 2nd edition of 50

Subject description

Man hiding behind bush to surprise woman on stairs, both wearing elaborate period costumes.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

56183

Accession number

86.1827.10

Accession method

Curator's allowance

Meeting

Meeting 1, 1986/87 (1986-08-05)

Provenance

Purchased by the Australian National Gallery, from the National Gallery of Australia Bookshop, Canberra, August 1986.

Credit line

Purchased 1986

Copyright

Courtesy the Estate of Adrian Feint

Subject category

Australia, Art style: Painter-etchers 1860s-1938

Country of context

Australia

Creators

FEINT, Adrian | (1894–1971) Australian | Male | artist

Hickey, Peter. | (1943–) Australian | Male | printer