The Lily Tower, Siena
Primary Artist
Eveline Syme (1888–1961)
Title
Reference
Coppel (1995), ESy5
Date made
1930
Place made
Australia, Australia, Victoria, Melbourne View on map Close map
Category
Print type
relief
Technique
linocut, printed in colour, from four blocks (yellow, green, yellow ochre)
Matrix size
18.0 x 12.6 cm (printed image)
Support
off-white oriental laid tissue paper. Originally mounted on brown paper backing
Support size
22.8 x 18.0 cm (sheet)
State
published state
Impression
1st edition, 16/50
Edition information
edition of 50
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, 'The Lily Tower, Siena'. Inscribed lower left below printed image in black pencil, '1st edition 16/50'.
Subject description
Cityscape of buildings near the Piazza del Campo and bell tower, Siena, Italy.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
41127
Accession number
77.718
Accession method
Director's allowance
Meeting
Meeting 15, 1977/78 (1977-11-08)
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.20. Purchased by the Australian National Gallery, from Important Women Artists [gallery], Melbourne, 1977.
Credit line
Purchased 1977
Country of context
Australia
Creators
Syme, Eveline | (1888–1961) Australian | English | Female | artist