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An image of Kurrajong (The citrus orchard) by Adelaide Perry

Adelaide Perry

(Australia 23 Jun 1891–19 Nov 1973)

Title
Kurrajong (The citrus orchard)
Other titles:
Orchard at Kurrajong N.S.W.
Citrus Orchard
Kurrajong
Year
(circa 1929)
Media category
Print
Materials used
linocut, printed in black ink on thin ivory laid paper
Dimensions

15.0 x 22.1cm blockmark (irreg.); 18.2 x 25.5cm sheet (irreg.)

Signature & date
Signed l.r. beneath blockmark, pencil "A.E.P". Not dated.
Credit
Purchased 1975
Accession number
235.1975
Copyright
© Adelaide Perry Estate
Location
Not on display
Bibliography (10)

Helen Campbell (Australia) (Author), Colour, rhythm, design: wood & lino cuts of the 20s & 30s, Sydney, 2010, 9 (colour illus.).

Roger Butler (Australia, b.1948) (Author), Printed images by Australian artists 1885-1955, Canberra, 2007, 176, 177.

Roger Butler (Australia, b.1948) (Author), Sydney by design: wood and linoblock prints by Sydney women artists between the wars, Canberra, 1995, 35 (illus.), 48. Collection of National Gallery of Australia

Gill Lumsden (Australia) (Author), Overlooked but not forgotten: Adelaide Elizabeth Perry and her students, Canberra, 1995, (illus.). cat.no. 15; titled 'Orchard at Kurrajong N.S.W.'; Collection of Swan/Jackson; not paginated

Josef Lebovic (Australia) (Author), Australian women printmakers, Paddington, 1988, (illus.), 11. cat.no. 93; titled 'Kurrajong'; NOTE: this is not the AGNSW impression.

Josef Lebovic (Australia) (Author), Masterpieces of Australian printmaking, Paddington, 1987, 98, 99 (illus.). 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, 35 (illus.). cat.no. 55; NOTE: This print may be the Gallery's impression.

Nicholas Draffin (Australia, b.1943, d.1995) (Author), Australian woodcuts and linocuts of the 1920s and 1930s, South Melbourne, 1976, 13, 62 (illus.).

Ballarat Fine Art Gallery (Australia) (Author), Outlines of Australian printmaking: prints of Australia from the last third of the 18th century until the present time, Ballarat, 1976. cat.no. 192; NOTE: this is not the AGNSW impression.

Art in Australia [series 3, no. 29] Sep 1929, Sep 1929, 11 (illus.). titled 'Citrus Orchard'

Exhibition history (2)

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.

Picturing the Great Divide: Historic and contemporary visions from Australia's Blue Mountains, Blue Mountains Cultural Centre Gallery, 10 Nov 2012–03 Feb 2013.