Primary Artist

Jessie Mackintosh (1893–1957)

Title

Unloading.

Date made

1930s

Place made

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

Category

Print

Print type

relief

Technique

linocut, printed in black ink, from one block; hand-coloured

Matrix size

27.1 x 18.6 cm (printed-image)

Support

paper

Support size

34.4 x 26.7 cm (sheet)

State

published state

Impression

undesignated impression

Edition information

edition unknown; plus undesignated impressions

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

no inscriptions.

Subject description

Three men unloading boxes of goods, the two in the bottom of the image are carrying them on their backs.

Collection

National Gallery of Victoria

Accession number

2019.586

Accession method

Gift

Provenance

Estate of John Ashworth, Melbourne.
Thence by decent, private collection, Melbourne.
Leonard Joel, Melbourne 8 September 1986, lot 105
Private collection, Melbourne.
Australian + International fine art, Melbourne: Deutscher~Menzies, 13-14 September 2006, lot 368 (ill).
Private collection

Credit line

National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne Gift of Andrée Harkness through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program, 2019

Web address

https://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/explore/collection/work/140512/

Country of context

Australia

Creators

Mackintosh, Jessie. | (1893–1957) Australian | Female | artist

Last Updated

01 Sep 2026