Sydney tram line.
Primary Artist
Eveline Syme (1888–1961)
Title
Reference
Coppel (1995), ESy20
Date made
1936
Place made
Australia, Australia, Victoria, Melbourne View on map Close map
Category
Print type
relief
Technique
linocut, printed in colour, from three blocks (vermillion, viridian, burnt umber)
Matrix size
24.4 x 18.0 cm (printed image)
Support
buff oriental laid tissue paper
Support size
30.6 x 22.9 cm (sheet)
State
published state
Impression
7/25
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 left below printed image in black pencil, 'Sydney Tram-Line' Inscribed lower left below printed image in black pencil, '7/25'
Subject description
Cityscape of trams and cars on New South Head Road, Double Bay, Sydney.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
116268
Accession number
79.903
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.25. 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