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Details
- Date
- (1947)
- Media category
- Materials used
- wood engraving, printed in black ink on thin ivory tissue
- Edition
- 72/80
- Dimensions
- 7.6 x 10.3 cm blockmark; 13.8 x 19.1 cm sheet
- Signature & date
Signed l.r., pencil "Eileen Mayo". Not dated.
- Credit
- Purchased 1954
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- 9070
- Copyright
- © Estate of Eileen Mayo
- Artist information
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Eileen Mayo
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About
Eileen Mayo established a career as an artist and teacher in England before emigrating to Australia in 1953. She first made prints in 1928 with the encouragement of Claude Flight, producing wood engravings and linocuts as well as book illustrations and lithographs. She was a member of the Society of Wood Engravers, founded in England in 1920 by a group of artists including Gwen Raverat and Eric Gill, key figures in the resurgence of wood engraving in modern British art in the 1920s.
Mayo was a particular admirer of Gill, as much for his work as for his spiritual inclinations. Wood engraving complemented her meticulous approach and her inclination to work on a small scale. She lived in the countryside during the war, and her subjects reflected her environment and love of nature, as she made many drawings of animals and plants that were later developed into prints, such as 'Cat in cherry tree'.
from Anne Ryan, 'Australian etchings and engravings 1880s–1930s from the Gallery's collection', AGNSW, Sydney 2007
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Exhibition history
Shown in 2 exhibitions
Purchases and Acquisitions for 1954, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 10 Mar 1955–10 Apr 1955
Animals on paper: from the Australian collection of prints, drawings and watercolours, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 05 Sep 1992–05 Oct 1992
Animals on paper: from the Australian collection of prints, drawings and watercolours, Dubbo Regional Art Gallery, Dubbo, 18 Dec 1992–24 Jan 1993
Animals on paper: from the Australian collection of prints, drawings and watercolours, Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery, Booragul, 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
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Bibliography
Referenced in 2 publications
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Hendrik Kolenberg, Animals on paper - from the Australian collection of prints, drawings and watercolours, Sydney, 1992. cat.no. 48
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Anne Ryan, Australian etchings and engravings 1880s–1930s from the Gallery's collection, Sydney, 2007, 77 (colour illus.). cat.no. 116
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