Village in Mourne.
Primary Artist
Tate Adams (1922–2018)
Title
Other titles
Irish Village Mourne
Date made
1954
Place made
Australia, Australia, Victoria, Melbourne, RMIT View on map Close map
Category
Print type
relief
Technique
linocut, printed in colour, from four blocks
Matrix size
30.4 x 40.8 cm (printed image)
Support
thin cream wove lithographic paper
Support size
37.4 x 50.6 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
Impression
trial proof
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed and dated lower right below printed image in black pencil, 'Tate Adams 54'. Inscribed lower left below printed image in black pencil, 'Village in Mourne Trial proof'. Inscribed lower left corner sheet in black pencil, '[drawn arrow] Harry [within circle]'.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed verso, lower right in black pencil, 'Adams 12' [12 encircled].
Subject description
Village tree in the middle of square with houses behind, Mourne, County Down, Northern Ireland.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
115305
Accession number
86.35
Accession method
Purchase
Meeting
Meeting 6, 1985/86 (1986-02-11)
Provenance
Collection of the artist Harry Rosengrave (1899-1896), Melbourne. Purchased by the ANG from his family through Niagara Galleries, Melbourne, February 1986.
Credit line
Purchased 1986
Country of context
Australia
Notes
Exhibited May 1955 in "Thirty-Six Prints by Twelve Melbourne Artists" at peter Bray Gallery, Melbourne. Same block, same colours as Acc Nos 1986.38, 1986.40. Colourway variations Acc Nos 1986.37, 1986.39, 1986.41, 1986.42.
Creators
Adams, Tate. | (1922–2018) Australian | Irish | Male | artist