Primary Artist

Tate Adams (1922–2018)

Title

[Irish] fishing village.

Other titles

Irish fishing village

Date made

1954

Place made

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

Category

Print

Print type

relief

Technique

linocut, printed in colour, from three blocks

Matrix size

30.2 x 38.0 cm (printed image)

Support

thin cream wove lithographic paper

Support size

37.6 x 52.4 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, '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 1' [encircled].

Subject description

Coastal scene of abstracted fishing huts around a bay with boats on the water.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

40565

Accession number

86.46

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

Exhibited May 1955 in "Thirty-Six Prints by Twelve Melbourne artists" at Peter Bray Gallery Melbourne. Same block used for Acc Nos 1986.43, 1986.44, 1986.45. Colourway variation on Acc No 1986.45.

Creators

Adams, Tate. | (1922–2018) Australian | Irish | Male | artist