Girl by a Gate

1938

Robert Austin

Associated Names
Robert Austin

Artist, British, 1895 - 1973

The image shows a full-length figure of a person leaning over a wooden fence in a rural setting. The person is depicted in profile, standing with one arm resting on the top of a gate while slightly bending forward. Their facial features are delicately drawn, with a downcast gaze, and the hair is styled close to the head. The person is dressed in a long coat and shoes with a modest heel, and they hold a hat adorned with flowers in one hand. The scene around the individual includes tall, slender trees and wooden fences that create a structured yet natural backdrop, suggesting a countryside environment.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving in black on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift from Clare Calder and her sister Rachel Austin

  • Dimensions

    plate: 15.6 x 10.4 cm (6 1/8 x 4 1/8 in.)
    sheet: 26.4 x 20.9 cm (10 3/8 x 8 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.5.22

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Fine Art Society 2001, no. 122

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Rachel Austin and Clare Calder (the artist's daughters); acquired 2012 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Bibliography

2001

  • Drawings and Prints by Robert Sargent Austin, with a Complete Catalog of His Prints. London: Fine Art Society, 2001, no. 122.

Inscriptions

lower center in plate: RSA; lower left in graphite: 1st state 2 proofs 8 Jan. 1938 / 1st state 2 proofs

Wikidata ID

Q76560492

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