Dee Why landscape

Primary Artist

Sydney Long (1871–1955)

Title

Dee Why landscape

Reference

Mendelssohn (1979), 82; Paul (1928), 85

Date made

1928

Place made

Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map

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Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

line-etching, printed in red-brown ink with plate-tone, from one zinc plate

Matrix size

23.7 x 29.9 cm (plate-mark)

Support

thin smooth cream wove F J Head & Co paper

Support size

31.7 x 43.0 cm (sheet)

Manufacturers mark

watermark lower centre, 'F J Head & Co'

State

published state

Impression

1/50

Edition information

edition of 50

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

Signed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Sidney Long.' Not dated. Titled lower centre below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Dee Why Landscape'. Inscribed with edition details lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, '1/50'.

Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work

Inscribed lower left corner of sheet in black pencil, '17 1/2 x 16 1/4'. Inscribed verso upper right in black pencil, '2-'.

Subject description

Coastal scene of twisted tree on Dee Why foreshore looking towards Dee Why Head, northern Sydney beaches, N.S.W.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

103166

Accession number

77.9.102

Accession method

Purchase

Meeting

Meeting 7, 1976/77 (1977-02-08)

Provenance

J.W.F. Stephen, who formed a definitive collection of the etched work of Sydney Long. J.A.C. Stephen, the artistÂ’s son, by descent. Purchased by the Australian National Gallery, from J.A.C. Stephen, Sydney, 1977.

Credit line

The Stephen Collection, purchased 1976.

Copyright

Reproduced with the kind permission of the Ophthalmic Research Institute of Australia

Subject categories

Australia, Art style: Painter-etchers 1860s-1938 | Collection: The J.W.F. Stephen collection of Sydney Long etchings, acquired 1976.

Country of context

Australia

Creators

LONG, Sydney | (1871–1955) Australian | Male | artist

Last Updated

11 Jan 2013