Wesley College Melbourne. - Vintage Print from 1934
C1934

Wesley College Melbourne.

Artist:

Austin Platt (1912 - 2003)

Scarce etching by Austin Platt of Wesley College, Melbourne. Platt made two versions of the etching, this one which we feel is the first version has his monogram and date at lower left and is not on the second version. … Read Full Description

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S/N: PLAT-175-EDU-WCM-01–218672
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Full Title:

Wesley College Melbourne.

Date:

C1934

Artist:

Austin Platt (1912 - 2003)

Condition:

In good condition.

Technique:

Etching signed lower right in pencil and numbered 130 of 175

Image Size: 

285mm 
x 174mm

Paper Size: 

386mm 
x 283mm
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Wesley College Melbourne. - Vintage Print from 1934
1934

Description:

Scarce etching by Austin Platt of Wesley College, Melbourne. Platt made two versions of the etching, this one which we feel is the first version has his monogram and date at lower left and is not on the second version.

The second version also has a number of differences;
1. Slight difference in the plate size
2. Addition of a flag to the flagpole
3. Addition of two students at lower left corner, one carrying a cricket bat and the other stumps.
4. Addition of a narrow garden bed and plants on the driveway
5. Windows at right on the upper storey, are in different opening positions

Additionally the second version is etched in different manner, with much more line work.

Biography:

Austin Harold Platt (1913-2003)

Platt was born in Perth and had most of his brief education in New Zealand. He began his apprenticeship as an artist at the age of 20, when he worked and studied commercial art at Cedric Emanuel’s studio in Sydney, in the same building as Sydney Long’s studio. Cedric gave Austin lessons in etching at the Emanuel home in Dover Heights. Platt also studied at the Sydney Art School, the Royal Art Society, Maud Sherwood’s Sketch Club and at East Sydney Technical College, in such company as Long and Dattilo Rubbo. He went to Melbourne to sketch schools after the Collegiate Etching and Fine Arts Studio began to sell etchings of schools. 

 

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