Special edition
Primary Artist
Ethel Spowers (1890–1947)
Title
Reference
Coppel (1995), ES35
Date made
1936
Place made
Australia, Australia, Victoria, Melbourne View on map Close map
Category
Print type
relief
Technique
linocut, printed in colour from four blocks (mauve, viridian, yellow ochre, dark blue)
Matrix size
28.2 x 22.6 cm (printed image)
Support
buff oriental laid tissue paper
Support size
35.3 x 27.2 cm (sheet)
State
published state
Impression
3/50
Edition information
edition of 50
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed and dated lower left on image in black pencil, '1936 / E.L. Spowers'. Titled lower lower right on image in black pencil, 'Special Edition'. Inscribed lower right on image in black pencil, '3/50'.
Inscriptions or device by others involved in the works production
no inscriptions
Subject description
Street scene of a crowd, each person reading a newspaper bought from a news-seller's kiosk.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
116064
Accession number
76.141
Accession method
Purchase
Meeting
Interim Council, Meeting 18 (1976-03-09)
Provenance
Purchased by the Australian National Gallery, from Rudy Komon Gallery, Sydney, 1976.
Credit line
Purchased 1976
Subject category
Australia, Art style: Grosvenor school linocuts
Country of context
Australia
Creators
Spowers, Ethel. | (1890–1947) Australian | Female | artist