Title
Knotty tree near Dudinalup, Western Australia
(late 1930s)
Artist
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Details
- Place where the work was made
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Australia
- Date
- (late 1930s)
- Media category
- Materials used
- drypoint, printed in black ink with plate tone, white gouache additions, on white wove paper
- Edition
- working proof of two known proofs
- Dimensions
- 41 x 50.4 cm platemark; 46 x 56.8 cm sheet
- Signature & date
Not signed. Not dated.
- Credit
- Gift of Joan Thorn 1990
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- 109.1990
- Copyright
- © Estate of Beatrice Darbyshire
- Artist information
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Beatrice Darbyshire
Works in the collection
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About
Beatrice Darbyshire studied etching in Perth from 1913 with Henri van Raalte, and later in London between 1924–27 at the Royal College of Art under Sir Frank Short and Malcolm Osborne. She produced a small but very fine oeuvre of prints in the 1920s
and 30s, but only received widespread recognition for them later in life. Darbyshire ceased making prints after moving to Sydney in 1940.This drypoint is a working proof, with traces of white gouache indicating the artist’s amendments to the image, prior to the final
etched state. However, only two proofs are known, and it is probable that the print was not editioned. The Gallery also has a
charcoal study for it which features the large central tree drawn from the same angle, but with a different background of small saplings. Darbyshire was very interested in the landscape around
the Balingup-Nannup road, south of Perth, which led to Dudinalup, the home of a family friend.from Anne Ryan, 'Australian etchings and engravings 1880s–1930s from the Gallery's collection', AGNSW, Sydney 2007
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Places
Where the work was made
Australia
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Exhibition history
Shown in 1 exhibition
Beatrice Darbyshire Drawings and Prints, Fremantle Arts Centre, Australia, 17 Jan 1991–10 Feb 1991
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Bibliography
Referenced in 1 publication
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Anne Ryan, Australian etchings and engravings 1880s–1930s from the Gallery's collection, Sydney, 2007, 37 (colour illus.). cat.no. 50
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