Primary Artist

Margaret Preston (1875–1963)

Title

Flower stand.

Other titles

Flower stall, Martin Place.

Reference

Butler (1987), 18

Date made

1920 (about)

Place made

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

Category

Print

Print type

relief

Technique

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

Text printed from matrix

printed text lower left within image, 'M.P.'.

Matrix size

21.6 x 28.0 cm (printed image)

Edition information

edition unknown

Production notes

When this work was printed in 'Art in Australia' series 3, number 4, May 1923, it was captioned as the 'Key-block', which would indicate that Preston intended to print this work in colour from multiple blocks. No such impressions are known.

Subject description

Flower seller next to his cart in Martin Place, Sydney, N.S.W.

Country of context

Australia

Legacy id

63986

Other notes

See photograph by Harold Cazneaux, (Flower markets, Martin Place) in 'The Home', no.5, Xmas issue, December 1924, [p.21]

Creators

Preston, Margaret. | (1875–1963) Australian | Female | artist

Last Updated

05 Oct 2026