Irish fishing village.
Primary Artist
Tate Adams (1922–2018)
Title
Other titles
Fishing village
Date made
1954
Place made
Australia, Australia, Victoria, Melbourne, RMIT View on map Close map
Category
Print type
relief
Technique
linocut, printed in colour, from three blocks
Matrix size
30.2 x 38.0 cm (printed image)
Support
paper
Support size
35.6 x 42.5 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
published state?
Impression
trial proof
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed and dated lower right below printed image in black pencil, 'Tate Adams 54'. Inscribed lower left below printed image in black pencil, 'Irish Fishing Village'. Inscribed lower left below printed image in black pencil, 'Trial proof'.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed verso, lower right in black pencil, 'Adams 4' [encircled].
Subject description
Coastal scene of abstracted fishing huts around a bay with boats on the water.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
40563
Accession number
86.45
Accession method
Purchase
Meeting
Meeting 6, 1985/86 (1986-02-11)
Provenance
Collection of the artist Harry Rosengrave (1899-1896), Melbourne. Purchased by the ANG from his family through Niagara Galleries, Melbourne, February 1986.
Credit line
Purchased 1986
Country of context
Australia
Notes
Same block used for Acc Nos 1986.46, 1986.43, 1986.44. Colourway variation on Acc No 1986.46
Creators
Adams, Tate. | (1922–2018) Australian | Irish | Male | artist