Mosman Bay
Primary Artist
Margaret Preston (1875–1963)
Title
Reference
Butler (1987), 10
Date made
1920 – 1920, 26 March
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
Print type
relief
Technique
woodcut, printed in black ink, from one block; hand-coloured
Matrix size
21.8 x 28.0 cm (printed image)
Support
thin Japanese paper
Support size
21.8 x 28.0 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
published state
Impression
undesignated impression
Edition information
edition unknown
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed lower right within image in brush and ink, 'MP'. Signed and dated lower right below printed image in black pencil, 'Macpherson Preston/ 26/3/20 Sydney'. Inscribed lower left below printed image in black pencil, 'my first coloured woodblock MP.'.
Subject description
Harbour scene of Mosman Bay, N.S.W. with post and rail fence and tree and buildings to shoreline. Silhouettes of pleasure boat and (possibly) ferry boat on the water.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
62320
Accession number
87.2
Accession method
Fund
Meeting
Meeting 6, 1986/87 (1987-02-10)
Provenance
Collection of Sydney Ure Smith. By descent to his daughter Dorothy Hempill. Purchased by the Australian National gallery, from Dorothy Hempill, Sydney, 1987.
Credit line
Purchased from Gallery admission charges 1987
Copyright
© Margaret Preston. Licensed by VISCOPY, Australia
Subject category
Australia, Art style: Japanese influence 1890s-1950s
Country of context
Australia
Creators
PRESTON, Margaret | (1875–1963) Australian | Female | artist