Football.

Primary Artist

Ethel Spowers (1890–1947)

Title

Football.

Reference

Coppel (1995), ES34

Date made

1936

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 (yellow ochre, reddish brown, grey, black)

Matrix size

22.6 x 27.6 cm (printed image)

Support

off-white oriental laid tissue mounted to cream cardboard backing

Support size

27.6 x 30.6 cm (sheet)

State

published state

Impression

5/60

Edition information

edition of 60

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

Signed and dated upper left on image in black pencil, 'E.L. Spowers - 1936'. Titled upper right on image in black pencil, 'Football'. Inscribed upper right on image in black pencil, '5/50'.

Inscriptions or device by others involved in the works production

no inscriptions

Subject description

Sporting scene of men in a game of Australian Rules reaching for the ball after the "the bounce".

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

83938

Accession number

82.608

Accession method

Purchase

Meeting

Meeting 1, 1982/83 (1982-07-12)

Provenance

Purchased by the Australian National Gallery, from Garry Anderson Gallery, Sydney, July 1982; From the exhibition, 'Important prints of 1930s - 1950s', Sydney: Garry Anderson Gallery, 19 May - 19 June 1982, cat., no.14.

Credit line

Purchased 1982

Subject category

Australia, Art style: Grosvenor school linocuts

Country of context

Australia

Creators

Spowers, Ethel. | (1890–1947) Australian | Female | artist

Last Updated

02 Mar 2020