Collection
Sydney Ure Smith
(Australia 1887–1949)
- Title
- Argyle Cut from the west
- Year
- 1916
- Media category
- Materials used
- etching, printed in sepia ink on paper
- Edition
- 15/30
- Dimensions
-
24.5 x 13.3cm
- Signature & date
- Signed in plate to print l.l. corner, brown ink "S. Ure S.". Signed and dated l.r. corner beneath platemark, pencil "Sydney Ure Smith/ June 1916".
- Credit
- Gift of Sir Kenneth Street 1962
- Accession number
- DA73.1962
- Location
- Not on display
- Further information
"Running from Harrington St. to Kent St., the Argyle Cut had a somewhat sinister air in the old days. It was started in 1843 and completed in 1858".
Hal Missingham, 'The etchings of Sydney Ure Smith', Ure Smith Pty. Limited, Sydney, 1950
- Bibliography (2)
-
Kay Vernon, Harbour hymns, city songs: visions of Sydney from the collection 1990, Sydney, 1990. cat.no. 12
Hal Missingham and Lionel Lindsay, The etchings of Sydney Ure Smith, Sydney, 1950, (illus.). plate no. 11; titled 'Argyle Cut from the west', etched 1916
- Exhibition history (2)
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Harbour hymns, city songs: visions of Sydney from the collection, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 13 Jan 1990–11 Mar 1990
Sydney studios, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney, 14 Aug 2004–26 Sep 2004
