Fishing Boats.
Primary Artist
Tate Adams (1922–2018)
Title
Date made
1952 – c.1954
Place made
Australia, Australia, Victoria, Melbourne, RMIT View on map Close map
Category
Print type
planographic
Technique
lithograph, printed in black ink, from one zinc plate
Matrix size
20.6 x 15.6 cm (printed image)
Support
thin cream wove lithographic paper
Support size
38.2 x 25.6 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
published state
Impression
undesignated impression
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed lower right below image in black pencil, 'Tate Adams'. Not dated. Inscribed lower left below printed image in black pencil, 'Fishing Boats'.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed verso, lower right in black pencil, 'Adams 20' [20 encircled].
Subject description
Coastal scene of three fishing boats and the sun.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
115284
Accession number
86.28
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
Attached to black mounting board. Exhibited May 1954 in "40 Prints by ten artists" at Peter Bray Gallery, Melbourne. Ref Acc No 86.27.
Creators
Adams, Tate. | (1922–2018) Australian | Irish | Male | artist