I. 1st state of 7
II. 2nd state of 7
VII. 7th and final state (Featured Image)
E.025 Behind Russell St. 1990
I. 1st state of 7
Etching. A view of a narrow city street, ending in a T-intersection and lined with buildings on the left. In the right foreground is a metal fence with a double railing, through which the unseen buildings behind cast their shadows. Light from the right illuminates the buildings at left and the roadway. Walking in the centre of the street is a man viewed from behind, his long shadow cast across the ground to his left. The plate is etched in a sketchy manner. The building at the end of the street is dotted with white spots, the result of bubbles of air having been trapped in the acid while the plate was being bitten.
Impression on wove Stonehenge paper (according to Amor’s intaglio record books), printed by Rick Amor in his Dunmoochin studio. Inscribed in pencil, below the plate mark: lower left: ‘1 [circled]’; lower centre: ‘Behind Russell St’; lower right: signed and dated ‘Rick Amor ’90’.
II. 2nd state of 7
Drypoint has been added extensively, to define the subject and accentuate the shadows. Open-bite etching is apparent in the two rectangular doorways on the far wall and has been painted on in an informal way in the lower third of the plate.
Impression with rich burr, on wove paper, printed by Rick Amor in his Dunmoochin studio. Inscribed in pencil, below the plate mark: lower left: ‘2 [circled]’; lower centre: ‘Behind Russell St.’; lower right: signed and dated ‘Rick Amor ’90’.
VII. 7th and final state (Featured Image)
Drypoint accents have been added to the dark areas so as to intensify the depth of the shadows.
Selectively wiped impression with plate tone, on wove paper, printed by Rick Amor in his Dunmoochin studio. Inscribed in pencil, below the plate mark: lower left: ‘7 [circled]’; lower centre: ‘Behind Russell St.’; lower right: signed and dated ‘Rick Amor ’90’.
Etching. A view of a narrow city street, ending in a T-intersection and lined with buildings on the left. In the right foreground is a metal fence with a double railing, through which the unseen buildings behind cast their shadows. Light from the right illuminates the buildings at left and the roadway. Walking in the centre of the street is a man viewed from behind, his long shadow cast across the ground to his left. The plate is etched in a sketchy manner. The building at the end of the street is dotted with white spots, the result of bubbles of air having been trapped in the acid while the plate was being bitten.
Drypoint has been added extensively, to define the subject and accentuate the shadows. Open-bite etching is apparent in the two rectangular doorways on the far wall and has been painted on in an informal way in the lower third of the plate.
Drypoint accents have been added to the dark areas so as to intensify the depth of the shadows.
- Catalogue Number
- E.025
- Title and Date
- Behind Russell St. 1990
- Description of Featured Image
- A view of a narrow city street, ending in a T-intersection, lined with buildings on the left, and with a metal fence with a double railing in the right foreground. Light from the right illuminates the buildings. Walking in the centre of the street is a man seen from behind; across the roadway to his left is the long shadow he casts.
- Where Made
- Dunmoochin, Cottles Bridge
- Medium Category and Technique
- Intaglio Print: Etching, drypoint, open-bite etching, burnishing and rocker on copper
- Support
- Wove paper. Identified papers: Papers mentioned in notes on this work in Amor’s intaglio record books: Stonehenge and BFK Rives papers.
- Dimensions
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Image size: 202 x 202 mm
Matrix size: 205 x 206 mm - Artist’s Record Number
- RAE.21
- Printer(s) and Workshop(s)
- All impressions printed by Rick Amor in his Dunmoochin studio, Cottles Bridge.
- Summary Edition Information
- Seven states. Nominal edition of ten, but only three impressions printed and numbered, 1990.
- Exhibitions
- Niagara Galleries & NETS Victoria 1993–94: Niagara Galleries & NETS Victoria, Melbourne, Rick Amor & the Graphic Arts, Victorian and Tasmanian tour, 1993–94, no. 21.
- Niagara Galleries at IWOP 1997: Niagara Galleries at the International Works on Paper Fair, Mitchell Galleries, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, 17–20 July 1997, no. 18f, ed. 10.
- Collections
- State Library of Victoria, Melbourne: seven state impressions, numbered 1 through 7.
- National Gallery of Australia, Canberra: ed. 3/10 (2007.608).
- Comment
Russell Street, in central Melbourne, is one of the streets bordering the former National Gallery of Victoria Art School (which was relocated in 1968), and is adjacent to Melbourne’s Chinatown, where Amor made drawings.
E.025 is based on a photograph, although the lone figure has been added and the dark mood of the etching is quite different from that of the photograph, with its prosaic subject.
- Keywords
- Figure – male, Landscape - urban, Man, Melbourne
- URL
- https://catalogue.rickamor.com.au/works/intaglio/behind-russell-st/
Record last updated 09/02/2021