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An image of La poupee by Thea Proctor

Thea Proctor

(Australia 02 Oct 1879–29 Jul 1966)

Title
La poupee
Other titles:
La poupée
Year
(1925)
Media category
Print
Materials used
woodcut, printed in black ink, hand-coloured on thin cream laid paper
Edition
unknown
Dimensions

17.8 x 11.3cm blockmark; 22.7 x 15.4cm sheet (irreg.)

Signature & date
Signed l.r. beneath image, pencil "Thea Proctor". Signed within block to print l.r., incised "TP".
Credit
Purchased 1978
Accession number
75.1978
Copyright
© AGNSW
Location
Not on display
Further information

Proctor's strong emphasis on design through simplified forms and bright, flat colour is modern; but the bonnets, parasol and costumes of 'La poupée' (The doll) reveal her nostalgia for fashions of the Victorian era.

Bibliography (7)

Helen Campbell (Australia) (Author), Colour, rhythm, design: wood & lino cuts of the 20s & 30s, Sydney, 2010, 5 (colour illus.).

Roger Butler (Australia, b.1948) (Author), Printed images by Australian artists 1885-1955, Canberra, 2007, 169.

Andrew Sayers (Australia, b.1957) (Author), Sarah Engledow (Australia) (Author), Barry Humphries (Australia, b.1934) (Author), The world of Thea Proctor, Canberra, 2005, 76.

Bridget Elliott (Canada, b.1957) (Editor), Janice Helland (Canada) (Editor), Women artists and the decorative arts 1880-1935: the gender of ornament, Aldershot, 2002, 82.

Josef Lebovic (Australia) (Author), Masterpieces of Australian printmaking, Paddington, 1987, 104, 105 (colour illus.). cat.no. 143; NOTE: this is not the AGNSW impression.

Janda Gooding (Australia) (Author), Thea Proctor, Perth, 1982, 7 (colour illus.). cat.no.1; 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, 48, 49 (colour illus.). cat.no. 13; NOTE: this is not the AGNSW impression

Exhibition history (1)

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.