I. 1st state of 2
II.a. 2nd and final state (Featured Image)
E.114 Winter, Alphington 1998
I. 1st state of 2
Etching. A winter view of suburban houses beyond a grassy rise, which ascends from the lower left corner to the right edge of the image. In the middle distance is a squat, tower-like structure with three scalloped windows. At the far right is a large, leafless tree.
Impression with an even film of light grey plate tone, on wove paper, printed by Rick Amor in his Alphington studio. Inscribed in pencil, below the plate mark: lower left: ‘1 [circled]’; lower centre: ‘Winter Alphington’; lower right: signed and dated ‘Rick Amor 98’.
II.a. 2nd and final state (Featured Image)
Drypoint has been added throughout the plate. There are two variant impressions of this state.
Etching. A winter view of suburban houses beyond a grassy rise, which ascends from the lower left corner to the right edge of the image. In the middle distance is a squat, tower-like structure with three scalloped windows. At the far right is a large, leafless tree.
Drypoint has been added throughout the plate. There are two variant impressions of this state.
- Catalogue Number
- E.114
- Title and Date
- Winter, Alphington 1998
- Description of Featured Image
- A winter view of suburban houses beyond a grassy rise, which ascends from the lower left corner to the right edge of the image. In the middle distance is a squat, tower-like structure with three scalloped windows. At the far right is a large, leafless tree.
- Where Made
- Alphington, Melbourne
- Medium Category and Technique
- Intaglio Print: Etching and drypoint on copper
- Support
- Wove paper. Identified papers: No papers identified.
- Dimensions
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Image size: 159 x 203 mm
Matrix size: 161 x 205 mm - Artist’s Record Number
- EX.7. Amor’s intaglio record books do not contain an entry for this work.
- Printer(s) and Workshop(s)
- All impressions printed by Rick Amor in his Alphington studio.
- Summary Edition Information
- Two states. No edition.
- Collections
- State Library of Victoria, Melbourne: three state impressions, numbered 1 through 3.
- Comment
Alphington, where Rick Amor lives, is a residential suburb of Melbourne, seven kilometres north-east of the city centre. It lies directly north of the Yarra River, which forms one of its boundaries.
Amor has made several works depicting street views in his immediate neighbourhood. This etching shows a local Alphington streetscape and includes a house, built in the 1890s, that is notable for its prominent tower.
After taking E.114 through two states, Amor considered this print too minor to continue with, and used the reverse side of the copper plate for his portrait of the artist Michael Kelly (cat. no. E.115).
- Keywords
- Alphington (Melbourne)
- URL
- https://catalogue.rickamor.com.au/works/intaglio/winter-alphington/
Record last updated 16/02/2021