Siena market

Primary Artist

Eveline Syme (1888–1961)

Title

Siena market

Reference

Coppel (1995), ESy18

Date made

1935

Place made

Australia, Australia, Victoria, Melbourne View on map Close map

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Category

Print

Print type

relief

Technique

linocut, printed in colour, from four blocks (vermillion, yellow ochre, cerulean blue, ivory black)

Matrix size

10.2 x 7.3 cm (printed image)

Support

buff oriental laid tissue paper

Support size

14.1 x 14.4 cm (sheet)

State

published state

Impression

2/25

Edition information

edition of 25

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

Signed lower right below printed image in black pencil, 'E.W.Syme'. Not dated. Titled lower centre below printed image in black pencil, 'Siena Market'. Inscribed lower centre below printed image in black pencil, '2/25'.

Subject description

Street scene of people in market place, Siena, Italy.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

116272

Accession number

79.905

Accession method

Curator's allowance

Meeting

Meeting 8, 1978/79 (1979-04-10)

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.23. Purchased by the Australian National Gallery, from Important Women Artists [gallery], Melbourne, 1979.

Credit line

Purchased 1979

Country of context

Australia

Creators

Syme, Eveline | (1888–1961) Australian | English | Female | artist

Last Updated

07 Jan 2013