
Etching. A view of a bend in a meandering creek, with a bare-branched tree in the left foreground, opening onto a vista of low-lying hills. In the mid right distance are two trees, beyond which, on the horizon, is a small hill of rubbish in a refuse dump. Traces of burnishing are evident in the left half of the sky.
The trees in the foreground, and the furthermost hills, have been reworked in drypoint. Drypoint accents have also been added to many areas across the plate.
Oblique drypoint hatching has been added behind the tree at the left, to the creek banks in the middle distance, and at right.
Drypoint cross-hatching has been added to the middle and the upper right of the furthermost hills.
- Catalogue Number
- E.165
- Title and Date
- Brooklyn 2011
- Description of Featured Image
- A view of a bend in a meandering creek, with a bare-branched tree in the left foreground, opening onto a vista of low-lying hills. In the mid right distance are two trees, beyond which, on the horizon, is a small hill of rubbish in a refuse dump.
- Where Made
- Alphington, Melbourne
- Medium Category and Technique
- Intaglio Print: Etching and drypoint on copper
- Support
- Wove paper. Identified papers: Cream Stonehenge paper; Somerset paper with watermark: ‘somerset / ENGLAND’; Arches paper with watermark: ‘ARCHES / FRANCE’ with infinity symbol.
- Dimensions
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Image size: 104 x 168 mm
Matrix size: 106 x 168 mm - Artist’s Record Number
- RAE.202
- Printer(s) and Workshop(s)
- All state impressions printed by Rick Amor in his Alphington studio. Edition printed by Rosalind Atkins at Kate Herd’s studio, Alphington.
- Summary Edition Information
- Eight states. Edition of ten numbered impressions, 2011.
- Collections
- State Library of Victoria, Melbourne: eight state impressions, numbered 1-1 through 1-8; ed. 2/10.
- Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide: ed. 4/10 (promised gift).
- Comment
This etching is after a painting, done on site around Somerville Road, Brooklyn, an industrial suburb ten kilometres west of the Melbourne CBD. The area accommodates large landfill and waste recycling plants, located in the vicinity of the Kororoit Creek, which is depicted in this print.
On being asked why he had wanted to paint the Brooklyn landscape, Amor remarked that, as a plein-air painter, he tries to avoid the clichéd view, and, besides this, he found the area appealing for its bleakness.
- Keywords
- Brooklyn (Melbourne), Kororoit Creek, Landscape
- URL
- https://catalogue.rickamor.com.au/works/intaglio/brooklyn/
Record last updated 17/02/2021