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C1923
The Sliprails
Fine etching by the master print maker Squire Morgan signed in pencil lower right and numbered 33 of 50 at left. In excellent condition on an uncut sheet, free of tears or spotting. First exhibited, Third Annual Exhibition of Etchings … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
The Sliprails
Date:
C1923
Condition:
In good condition.
Technique:
Etching printed in sepia signed in pencil lower right.
Image Size:
173mm
x 210mm
Paper Size:
238mm
x 282mm
AUTHENTICITY
Guaranteed Vintage Item
dated:
1923
Description:
Fine etching by the master print maker Squire Morgan signed in pencil lower right and numbered 33 of 50 at left. In excellent condition on an uncut sheet, free of tears or spotting.
First exhibited, Third Annual Exhibition of Etchings by the Australian Painter Etchers Society at the Education Department Gallery, 3 July 1923 – 21 July 1923.
Provenance:
John Barclay Godson estate.
Collections:
National Gallery Australia: LEGACY ID 1000011204
James Squire Morgan (1886 - 1974)
Morgan was an artist educated at Sydney Grammar School and Sydney’s Fort Street High School. Not long after leaving school he decided to become an artist, and from 1905 to 1909 he studied with Julian Ashton and Sydney Long at the Sydney Art School (later known as the Julian Ashton Art School). By this time Morgan seems to have been known personally, and professionally, as Squire Morgan. While his relationship with the influential Julian Ashton is unknown, Morgan was clearly on good terms with Long, and during the early 1920’s acted as his agent in Sydney. Morgan’s debut as an artist was at the Society of Artists’ (SOA) 1908 spring show at the Society’s rooms at Sydney’s Queen Victoria Markets, where he exhibited five works. Morgan works focused mainly on landscape views of the New South Wales coast and Sydney’s rural hinterland. Popular sketching spots included Sydney’s northern beaches, especially Dee Why, and the Canberra region. He is represented in numerous institutional collections, including the National Gallery of Australia, Art Gallery of NSW, Mitchell Library, and National Library of Australia.
