Title
The spirit of the plains
(1919)
printed (1922)
Artist
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Details
- Place where the work was made
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London
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England
- Dates
- (1919)
printed (1922) - Media category
- Materials used
- aquatint, etching, printed in brown ink on buff wove paper
- Edition
- Artist's proof
- Dimensions
- 17.7 x 35.1 cm platemark; 26.6 x 43.6 cm sheet
- Signature & date
Signed l.r., pencil "Sydney Long ARE.". Not dated.
- Credit
- Gift of Miss B. Kelly 1958
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- 9850
- Copyright
- © Estate of Sydney Long. Courtesy Ophthalmic Research Institute of Australia
- Artist information
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Sydney Long
Works in the collection
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Places
Where the work was made
London
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Exhibition history
Shown in 4 exhibitions
Stampede of the Lower Gods: Classical Mythology in Australian Art 1890's-1930's, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 19 Oct 1989–26 Nov 1989
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
Fin de Siècle: posters prints drawings from the collection of the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 15 Jan 1994–13 Mar 1994
Heaven on Earth: Visions of Arcadia, Hazelhurst Arts Centre, , 01 Oct 2005–27 Nov 2005
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Bibliography
Referenced in 12 publications
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Roger Butler, Sydney Long: the spirit of the land, 'Sydney Long and Australian Printmaking', pg. 73-76, Canberra, 2012, 73, 74, 163 (colour illus.). cat.no. 74; dated 1919, printed 1922
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Roger Arthur Butler, Printed images by Australian artists 1885-1955, Canberra, 2007, 37 (colour illus.). printed in black ink; Collection of National Gallery of Australia
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Deborah Edwards, Stampede of the Lower Gods: Classical Mythology in Australian Art, 'The Antipodean Arcady / 'When Pan purloined Apollo's lyre'', pg. 8-31, Sydney, Sep 1989, 11, 64.
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Sydney Long, The etched work of Sydney Long, A.R.E.: a complete catalogue of his etchings, Sydney, 1928, (illus.). cat.no. 16; titled 'The spirit of the plains'; dated 1918
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Sarah Engledow', The world of Thea Proctor, 'The world of Thea Proctor', pg. 16-84, Canberra, 2005, 22.
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Renée Free, Fin de Siècle, Sydney, Jan 1994.
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Grahame Kime., Heaven on earth: Visions of arcadia, 'Visions of Arcadia', Gymea, 2005. List of works; not paginated
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Richard King, The etchings of Sydney Long: the Richard King Collection, 'Sydney Long - the etcher', pg. 12-22, Goulburn, 1990, 13-14. cat.no. 50; titled 'The spirit of the plains'; dated 1919; edition 35/50 from the second plate
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Hendrik Kolenberg, Animals on paper - from the Australian collection of prints, drawings and watercolours, Sydney, 1992. cat.no. 37
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Joanna Mendelssohn, The life and work of Sydney Long, 'Prints', pg. 105-118, Sydney, 1979, 109-110, 142 (illus.), 252. cat.no. 27; titled 'The spirit of the plains'; dated 1918; ANG edition 1/50 1st State, and 2nd State impression
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Joanna Mendelssohn, Art & Australia, ‘Australian symbolism: the art of dreams’, pg. 309, Sydney, Summer 2012, 309. exhibition review; reference to the original painting
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Denise Mimmocchi, Australian Symbolism: the art of dreams, ‘Sydney Long: Arcadian myth and the decorative landscape’, pg. 110-122, Sydney, 2012, 116.
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