Primary Artist

Jessie Traill (1881–1967)

Title

Les chiffonniers [the rag-pickers]

Other titles

The ragpickers

Date made

1951

Place made

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

Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

etching and aquatint, printed in black ink, from one plate; pencil additions

Matrix size

13.5 x 20.8 cm (plate-mark)

Support

medium weight cream wove paper

Support size

19.1 x 26.5 cm (sheet)

Manufacturers mark

watermark lower left, 'DVB' [?] in monogram.

State

working state

Impression

undesignated impression

Edition information

edition unknown

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

Not signed. Not dated. Not titled.

Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work

Inscribed verso lower right in black pencil, '111'.

Subject description

Urban scene of a rag-pickers' camp beside a fence with city buildings behind, France.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

91081

Accession number

83.1197

Accession method

Auction

Meeting

Meeting 10, 1982/83 (1983-05-09)

Provenance

Estate of the artist. Important Women Artists, Melbourne, 1979. Private collection. Purchased by the Australian National Gallery, from Leonard Joel, Melbourne, May 1983; From the auction, ' Australian Graphics', Melbourne: Leonard Joel, 19 October 1982, lot 257.

Credit line

Purchased 1983

Subject category

Australia, Art style: Painter-etchers 1860s-1938

Country of context

Australia

Creators

TRAILL, Jessie | (1881–1967) Australian | Female | artist

Last Updated

04 Jan 2013