Etching. Landscape with a river. The river, which curves towards the left corner of the image, has trees on its banks, in the middle and far distance. A path running beside the water to the right is bordered by a steep sloping wall, from which two angled pipes jut out. In the sky is an irregular mass of clouds. The composition is complete, but is etched in a light, sketchy manner. There are two variant impressions of this state.
Horizontal lines have been added to the clouds at the upper left.
- Catalogue Number
- E.031
- Title and Date
- Abbotsford 1990
- Description of Featured Image
- Landscape with a river. The river, which curves towards the left, has trees on its banks, in the middle and far distance. There is a path on the right, situated alongside a steep sloping wall with two angled pipes jutting out from it.
- Where Made
- Dunmoochin, Cottles Bridge
- Medium Category and Technique
- Intaglio Print: Etching, drypoint and burnishing on copper
- Support
- Wove paper. Identified papers: Fabriano paper with watermark: ‘CMF’ with star above, within a circle/oval.
- Dimensions
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Image size: 171 x 198 mm
Matrix size: 174 x 201 mm - Artist’s Record Number
- RAE.27
- Printer(s) and Workshop(s)
- All impressions printed by Rick Amor in his Dunmoochin studio, Cottles Bridge.
- Summary Edition Information
- Six states. No edition.
- Collections
- State Library of Victoria, Melbourne: six state impressions, numbered 1 through 6.
- Comment
Abbotsford is an inner suburb of Melbourne, some two kilometres to the east of the CBD, with a boundary at the Yarra River, along which are extensive walking trails. The view depicted in this etching is from one of these tracks, downstream from Dights Falls.
E.031 is based on a study in oil pastels, a work that is no longer extant (having been destroyed by the artist). A related plein-air painting of the area seen in the etching is similarly no longer extant.
When speaking of this etching, Amor recalled having been given, around 1961, Otto Benesch’s book Rembrandt as a Draughtsman (1960), and having been prompted by it to go out looking for landscapes similar to those depicted by the Dutch master. The present etching reflects this interest in Rembrandt’s landscapes.
- Keywords
- Abbotsford (Melbourne), Inner suburb
- URL
- https://catalogue.rickamor.com.au/works/intaglio/abbotsford/
Record last updated 09/02/2021