Resting models

Primary Artist

Ethel Spowers (1890–1947)

Title

Resting models

Reference

Coppel (1995), ES29

Date made

1933 – 1933-34

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 inks, from four blocks (green, reddish brown, black, beige)

Matrix size

19.6 x 26.6 cm (printed image)

Support

buff oriental laid tissue paper

Support size

23.4 x 35.6 cm (sheet)

State

published state

Impression

2/50

Edition information

edition of 50

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

Signed and dated lower right below printed image in black pencil, 'E.L. Spowers - 1934'.
Titled lower left below printed image in black pencil, 'Resting Models'.
Inscribed lower left below printed image in black pencil, '2/50'.

Inscriptions or device by others involved in the works production

no inscriptions

Subject description

Two nude female models. They were identified by Eric Thake as Ethel Spowers and Eveline Syme..

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

64038

Accession number

79.2602

Accession method

Curator's allowance

Meeting

Meeting 4, 1979/80 (1979-12-11)

Provenance

The printmakers - mainly of the thirties, Melbourne: Important Women Artists, 11 September - 30 October, 1977, cat., no.1. (also available 2/50...unframed $310).
A survey of Australian relief prints 1900/1950, Melbourne: Deutscher Galleries, 13 April - 5 May 1978, cat., no.170.
Purchased by the Australian National Gallery, from Deutscher Galleries, Melbourne, 1978.

Credit line

Purchased 1979

Subject category

Australia, Art style: Grosvenor school linocuts

Country of context

Australia

Creators

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

Last Updated

18 Nov 2023