Northern bridge approach.

Primary Artist

Bim Hilder (1909–1990)

Title

Northern bridge approach.

Other titles

The bridges

Date made

1931 – (1931)

Place made

Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map

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Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

etching and aquatint, printed in colour, from three plates

Matrix size

13.2 x 21.2 cm (plate-mark)

Support

cream wove paper subsequently mounted on cardboard

Support size

22.2 x 29.4 cm (sheet)

State

published state

Impression

presentation proof, no. 1

Edition information

edition of 30

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

Signed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, '...Bim Hilder.'. Not dated. Inscribed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'To Harold Byrne from ...'. Inscribed lower centre below plate-mark in black pencil, 'The Bridges'. Inscribed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, '1.'.

Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work

Inscribed lower centre - lower right in black pencil, [illeg framing instructions removed due to paper loss from removal of original mount prior to NGA purchase]. Inscribed on original backing board, 'The Bridge/ by/ BIM HILDER/ given to his fellow artist/ Harold Byrne'.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

9389

Accession number

96.938

Accession method

Purchase

Meeting

Meeting 2, 1996/97 (1996-10-29)

Provenance

Harold Byrne, gift of the artist (see inscription]. Private Collection. Purchased by the National Gallery of Australia, from Louella Kerr Books, Sydney, 1996.

Credit line

Purchased 1996

Subject category

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

Country of context

Australia

Creators

Hilder, Bim. | (1909–1990) Australian | Male | artist

Last Updated

07 Jan 2013