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An image of The rose by Thea Proctor
Alternate image of The rose by Thea Proctor

Thea Proctor

(Australia 02 Oct 1879–29 Jul 1966)

Title
The rose
Year
(circa 1928)
Media category
Print
Materials used
woodcut, printed in black ink, hand-coloured on thin ivory laid tissue
Dimensions

22.1 x 20.8cm blockmark (irreg.); 41.1 x 26.6cm sheet (irreg.)

Signature & date
Signed l.r., pencil "Thea Proctor". Signed within block to print u.r. corner, incised "TP [monogram]".
Credit
Purchased 1975
Accession number
222.1975
Copyright
© AGNSW
Location
Not on display
Further information

Proctor's image of fashionable, independent women and their shared pleasure in the fragrance and beauty of flowers, epitomises the artist's championing of the feminine. Its modern approach through a simplified, close-up view, in bright, unmodulated colour also reflects the artist's enthusiasm for Japanese prints. Based on a coloured pencil drawing, originally created as a cover for 'The Home' magazine, the artist's cousin Hera Roberts is seen on the right.

Bibliography (20)

Deutscher and Hackett, Melbourne (Australia, estab. 2007) (Compilator), Deutscher and Hackett fine art auction: Melbourne 28 November 2012, Melbourne, 2012, 99 (colour illus.). NOTE: this is not the AGNSW impression.

'Colour, rhythm and design: Wood and lino cuts from a time of great creative vitality' by Helen Campbell, pg. 13-15., Look Feb 2010, Feb 2010, 13 (colour illus.), 14.

Helen Campbell (Australia) (Author), Colour, rhythm, design: wood & lino cuts of the 20s & 30s, Sydney, 2010, cover (colour illus.), 3 (colour illus.).

Roger Butler (Australia, b.1948) (Author), Printed images by Australian artists 1885-1955, Canberra, 2007, 167 (colour illus.), 169. Collection of National Gallery of Australia

Susan McCulloch (England; Australia, b.1949) (Author), Alan McCulloch (Australia, b.1907, d.1992) (Author), Emily McCulloch Childs (Australia, b.1976) (Author), The new McCulloch's encyclopedia of Australian art, Carlton, 2006, 798 (colour illus.).

Andrew Sayers (Australia, b.1957) (Author), Sarah Engledow (Australia) (Author), Barry Humphries (Australia, b.1934) (Author), The world of Thea Proctor, Canberra, 2005, 11, 44, 50, 122 (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.

Jane Hylton (b.1950) (Author), Modern Australian women: paintings & prints 1925-1945, Adelaide, 2000, 35 (colour illus.), 74, 125. Collection of Art Gallery of South Australia

Helen Topliss (Australia) (Author), Modernism and Feminism Australian Women Artists 1900-1940, Sydney, 1996, 158, 159 (colour illus.), 161. illustration 94; Collection of National Gallery of Australia

Robert Holden (Author), Cover Up: The art of magazine covers in Australia, Sydney, 1995, 91, 103, 105 (colour illus.), 106.

Deborah Edwards (Australia) (Author), Daphne Wallace (Australia, b.1964) (Author), Margo Neale (Australia) (Author), Victoria Lynn (Australia) (Author), Sandra Byron (Australia) (Author), Review: works by women from the permanent collection of the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Domain, 1995, 3 (illus.), 25. Collection of the Art Gallery of New South Wales

Ewen McDonald (Australia) (Editor), The Art Gallery of New South Wales collections, Sydney, 1994, 37 (colour illus.).

Edmund Capon (England; Australia, b.1940) (Editor), Jan Meek (Australia) (Editor), Portrait of a Gallery, Sydney, 1984, 120 (colour illus.).

Anna Waldmann (Australia) (Author), Project 39 - Women's Imprint, Domain, 1982. NOTE: this is not the AGNSW impression. Collection S.H. Ervin Gallery.

Janda Gooding (Australia) (Author), Thea Proctor, Perth, 1982, 2, 12 (colour illus.). cat.no. 6; NOTE: this is not the AGNSW impression.

Jan Minchin (Author), Roger Butler (Australia, b.1948) (Author), Chris Deutscher (Australia) (Author), The prints: Thea Proctor, Sydney, 1980, 19 (illus.), 20, 60, 61 (colour illus.). cat.no. 19; Illustration on page 19 is the Cover for July 1927 'The Home'; NOTE: this is not the AGNSW impression.

Roger Butler (Australia, b.1948) (Author), Chris Deutscher (Australia) (Author), A survey of Australian relief prints 1900/1950, Armadale, 1978, 28 (illus.). cat.no. 41; Collection of impression not identified, possibly the Art Gallery of New South Wales.

Jude Adams (Author), Barbara Hall (Author), Jennifer Barber (Author), Project 21: Women's images of women, Sydney, 1977. cat.no. 36; Collection of the Art Gallery of New South Wales

Nicholas Draffin (Australia, b.1943, d.1995) (Author), Australian woodcuts and linocuts of the 1920s and 1930s, South Melbourne, 1976, 12, 39 (colour illus.). Collection of Ballarat Fine Art Gallery

Art in Australia [series 3, no. 26] Dec 1928, Dec 1928, 29 (illus.). Advertisement

Exhibition history (5)

Project 21 - Womens images of women (1977), Art Gallery of New South Wales, 15 Oct 1977–13 Nov 1977.

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

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.

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.