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An image of The plough by Ethel Spowers

Ethel Spowers

(Australia 1890–1947)

Title
The plough
Year
1929
Media category
Print
Materials used
wood engraving, printed in black ink on thin ivory laid tissue paper
Edition
'sample' print from edition of 20
Dimensions

10.1 x 15.7cm blockmark; 18.7 x 26.8cm sheet

Signature & date
Signed and dated l.r., pencil "E.L. Spowers. 29".
Credit
Purchased 1976
Accession number
143.1976
Location
Not on display
Further information

Spowers produced two colour linocuts based on this composition 'The plough' 1928 (Stephen Coppel, 'Linocuts of the machine age: Claude Flight and the Grosvenor School', Aldershot: Scolar Press and NGA, 1995, ES13) and 'Birds following plough' 1933 (Coppel, ES20). This print was first exhibited in Melbourne in 1933 when it was included in Spowers' solo exhibition at Everyman's Lending Library.

Hendrik Kolenberg and Anne Ryan, 'Australian prints from the Gallery's collection', AGNSW, 1998

Bibliography (6)

Anne Ryan (Australia) (Author), Australian etchings and engravings 1880s–1930s from the Gallery's collection, Domain, 2007, 81 (colour illus.). cat.no. 122

Grahame Kime (Australia) (Author), Heaven on earth: Visions of arcadia, Gymea, 2005. List of works; not paginated

Jane Hylton (b.1950) (Author), Modern Australian women: paintings & prints 1925-1945, Adelaide, 2000, 46 (colour illus.), 124. Collection of Art Gallery of South Australia

Hendrik Kolenberg (Netherlands; Australia) (Author), Anne Ryan (Australia) (Author), Australian prints from the Gallery's collection, Sydney, 1998, 65 (colour illus.). cat.no. 54

Renée Free (Australia) (Author), Modernism 1900-1950 - Prints and Drawings from the Collection, Sydney, 1994.

Hendrik Kolenberg (Netherlands; Australia) (Author), Animals on paper - from the Australian collection of prints, drawings and watercolours, Sydney, 1992. cat.no. 78

Exhibition history (9)

Animals on paper: from the Australian collection of prints, drawings and watercolours, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 05 Sep 1992–05 Oct 1992.

Animals on paper: from the Australian collection of prints, drawings and watercolours, Dubbo Regional Art Gallery, 18 Dec 1992–24 Jan 1993.

Animals on paper: from the Australian collection of prints, drawings and watercolours, Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery, 01 May 1993–30 May 1993.

Animals on paper: from the Australian collection of prints, drawings and watercolours, Grafton Regional Gallery, 11 Jun 1993–01 Aug 1993.

Modernism 1900-1950 - Prints and Drawings from the Collection, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 23 Jul 1994–25 Sep 1994.

Review - works by women from the permanent collection of the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 08 Mar 1995–04 Jun 1995.

Australian prints from the Gallery's collection (1998-1999), Art Gallery of New South Wales, 06 Nov 1998–07 Feb 1999.

Heaven on Earth: Visions of Arcadia, Hazelhurst Regional Gallery and Arts Centre, 01 Oct 2005–27 Nov 2005.

BloodLines: art and the horse, Hawkesbury Regional Gallery, 02 Aug 2007–14 Oct 2007.