Lot 41
Untitled (Reflections)
etching, edition unknown
5 x 27.5cm
Estimate $2,000 - $3,000
The Estate of Jim Alexander
It is unknown to where the location is set within this etching by Jessie Traill. However, it looks to be an early work by the artist and possibly from when she first travelled to Java in 1911.
Traill described the trip in her travel diary, 'Five days steam from Port Darwin (our last Australian point of call) brought us to the delightful island of Java … For days we passed islands only visible as mountain peaks showing out above a bank of clouds. Now as we near Java itself the sails of native fishing boats are dotted on the water, and then we see the ships lying in the harbour of Soerabaya (Surabaya) each surrounded by a crowd of quaint barges and lighters, and we take our place amongst them.'(1)
Hannah Ryan, Prints & Multiples Specialist
(1)Traill, Jessie 'Things seen in Java'. 4p. MSS 7975, Box 796/1 (6) Jessie Traill Papers, State Library of Victoria.
© Jessie Traill/Copyright Agency, 2023
Women Artists
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