Greeting card: Desert pea

Primary Artist

Eveline Syme (1888–1961)

Title

Greeting card: Desert pea

Reference

Coppel (1995), ESy not listed

Date made

1943 – c.1945

Place made

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

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Category

Print

Print type

relief

Technique

linocut, printed in red ink, from one block

Matrix size

7.5 x 5.5 cm (printed image)

Support

buff oriental wove paper, mounted at top to heavy cream paper

Support size

9.0 x 6.7 cm (sheet)

State

published state

Impression

undesignated impression

Edition information

edition unknown

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

Signed lower right below printed image in black pencil, 'E.W.S'. Not dated. Inscribed lower left below printed image in black pencil, 'Desert Pea.'. Inscribed verso lower right in pen and blue ink, '& love from / Eveline.'.

Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work

Inscribed verso of backing sheet lower right corner in pen and blue ink, 'F.D.D [Francis Derham]'.

Subject description

Native Australian flora: Sturt's desert pea.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

87801

Accession number

82.1782

Accession method

Gift

Meeting

Meeting 5, 1982/83 (1982-11-08)

Provenance

Gift toi Frances Derham, from the artist, Melbourne. Gift to the Australian National Gallery, from Frances Derham, Melbourne, 1982

Country of context

Australia

Notes

Inscribed reverse cream paper, l.r.c., pen and blue ink "F.D.D".

Creators

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

Last Updated

07 Jan 2013