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An image of Women with fans by Thea Proctor

Thea Proctor

(Australia 02 Oct 1879–29 Jul 1966)

Title
Women with fans
Year
(1930)
Media category
Print
Materials used
woodcut, printed in black ink on thin ivory wove tissue
Dimensions

21.9 x 22.1cm blockmark; 27.3 x 24.5cm sheet

Signature & date
Signed with monogram within block to print l.l., "TP". Not dated. Signed l.r. corner, pencil "Thea Proctor".
Credit
Purchased 1975
Accession number
207.1975
Copyright
© AGNSW
Location
Not on display
Further information

This is thought to be a double portrait of printmakers Ethel Spowers and Eveline Syme against a background of Rushcutters Bay in Sydney.

Bibliography (14)

Helen Campbell (Australia) (Author), Colour, rhythm, design: wood & lino cuts of the 20s & 30s, Sydney, 2010, 4 (colour illus.).

Roger Butler (Australia, b.1948) (Author), Printed images by Australian artists 1885-1955, Canberra, 2007, 168 (colour illus.), 169. Collection of National Gallery of Australia

Andrew Sayers (Australia, b.1957) (Author), Sarah Engledow (Australia) (Author), Barry Humphries (Australia, b.1934) (Author), The world of Thea Proctor, Canberra, 2005, 7, 44, 126 (colour illus.). NOTE: this is not the AGNSW impression

Bridget Elliott (Canada, b.1957) (Editor), Janice Helland (Canada) (Editor), Women artists and the decorative arts 1880-1935: the gender of ornament, Aldershot, 2002, 78.

'Thea Proctor 1879-1966', pg. 20., Art in the sun 2000, 2000, 20 (illus.).

Helen Topliss (Australia) (Author), Modernism and Feminism Australian Women Artists 1900-1940, Sydney, 1996, 153, 159-160, 163 (illus.). illustration 97

Roger Butler (Australia, b.1948) (Author), Sydney by design: wood and linoblock prints by Sydney women artists between the wars, Canberra, 1995, 15 (illus.), 48. Collection of the National Gallery of Australia

Kay Vernon (Author), Harbour hymns, city songs: visions of Sydney from the collection, Sydney, 1990. cat.no. 79

Josef Lebovic (Australia) (Author), Masterpieces of Australian printmaking, Paddington, 1987, 106, 107 (colour illus.). cat.no. 144; NOTE: this is not the AGNSW impression.

Anna Waldmann (Australia) (Author), Project 39 - Women's Imprint, Domain, 1982. no catalogue numbers; not paginated

Janda Gooding (Australia) (Author), Thea Proctor, Perth, 1982, 17 (colour illus.). cat.no. 10; NOTE: this is not the AGNSW impression.

Janine Burke (Australia, b.1952) (Author), Australian women artists 1840-1940, Collingwood, 1980, 133 (illus.), 177. plate no. 59; Collection of National Gallery of Victoria

Jan Minchin (Author), Roger Butler (Australia, b.1948) (Author), Chris Deutscher (Australia) (Author), The prints: Thea Proctor, Sydney, 1980, 68, 69 (illus.). cat.no. 23; titled 'Woman with Fans'; dated circa 1930; NOTE: this is not the AGNSW impression

Art in Australia, a quarterly magazine [series 3, no. 43] Apr 1932, Apr 1932, 9 (illus.).

Exhibition history (5)

Art Deco and works from the period (1980), S.H. Ervin Gallery, 16 Jun 1980–14 Jul 1980.

Project 39 - Women's Imprint (1982), Art Gallery of New South Wales, 01 Oct 1982–31 Oct 1982.

Harbour hymns, city songs: visions of Sydney from the collection, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 13 Jan 1990–11 Mar 1990.

Art Deco: from Sydney cinemas and pubs to skyscrapers, Museum of Sydney, 12 Jun 1999–05 Sep 1999.

Australian Collection Focus: Colour, Rhythm, Design - wood & lino cuts of the 20s & 30s, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 12 Mar 2010–11 Jul 2010.