Evening.
Primary Artist
Jeffrey Smart (1921–2013)
Title
Date made
December 1941
Category
Print type
relief
Technique
linocut, printed in black ink, from one block
Support
paper
State
published state
Impression
undesignated impression as issued
Edition information
print-run unknown
Production notes
printed in 'The Torch' : Published annually by the Adelaide Teachers’ College. Vol. XXI, December, 1941. Adelaide : Printed at The Hassell Press, 1941, page 19. The linocut appears opposite the poem 'Evening' by Colin Thiele. The first stanza reads:
'Jagged edges of the black clouds lie
Shot across the dark sky
Like wild spear shafts flung
Defiant from a sun
Slowly dying.
Through the split storm clouds hung
Tatted ending of a worn-out day-
Flashed through the narrow light
Of the last ray
The wild-duck's arrow flight
Hurtles- a dark spear speeding
To the hash rasp
Of its swift mate crosswise flying
Into the night.'.
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
no inscriptions
Subject description
Abstracted landscape with water bird flying over lake
Collection
Private collection
Country of context
Australia
Creators
Smart, Jeffrey. | (1921–2013) Australian | Male | artist
Last Updated
01 Jul 2026