Tossa de Mar

Title

Tossa de Mar

Date made

1952 – c.1954

Place made

Australia, Victoria, Melbourne View on map Close map

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Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

etching, printed in black ink, from one plate

Support

medium-weight smooth off-white wove paper

Manufacturers mark

watermark centre right, 'O'.

State

published state

Impression

7/50

Edition information

edition of 50

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

Signed lower centre on image in black pencil, 'Verdon Morcom'. Not dated. Titled lower left on image in black pencil, ' 'Tossa de mar' '. Inscribed lower left on image in black pencil, '7/50'.

Subject description

A person sitting on the sand in the shadow of a fishing boat at Tossa de Mar, a seaside resort on the Costa Brava in Catalonia, north east Spain.

IRN

167590

Accession number

2009.389

Accession method

Gift

Meeting

Meeting 6, 2008/2009 (2009-06-23)

Provenance

Collection of Barbara Brash. Gift to the National Gallery of Australia, from the Estate of Barbara Brash, Melbourne, 2009.

Credit line

Gift of the estate of Barbara Brash

Last Updated

11 Jan 2013