Collection Online

Browse by artist name

a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z
Album of designs: sea chests and trays

Album of designs: sea chests and trays
 (c. 1933-c. 1936)

Medium
album: pencil, watercolour, 5 designs tipped in to an album of 16 grey pages, card covers, tape and stapled binding
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of the artist, 1988
© The Estate of Sam Atyeo, courtesy of Nevill Keating Pictures, London
Reproduction requests
Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium
album: pencil, watercolour, 5 designs tipped in to an album of 16 grey pages, card covers, tape and stapled binding
Measurements
30.0 × 19.4 cm (page) 30.0 × 21.0 × 0.6 cm (closed)
Inscription
inscribed in pencil on cover u.l.: SEA SCESTS (underlined, / through first S of SCESTS) / TRAYS
various other inscriptions detailing specifications of the designs
Accession Number
P12-1988
Department
Australian Prints & Drawings
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of the artist, 1988
© The Estate of Sam Atyeo, courtesy of Nevill Keating Pictures, London
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
Reproduction requests
Gallery location
Not on display

Discover more

Essay
The lost art of Federation: Australia’s quest for modernism

Explore the collection

Yellow Tony TUCKSON The young mother John LONGSTAFF Oh, boy! Gareth SANSOM Melbourne 3001 Peter ELLIS Untitled - double curve grey Normana WIGHT Hotel bathroom, Darwin Peter ELLIS Shield Unknown Terum Singh 1917 Peter DREW Bosch study #3 Jon CATTAPAN The communal mangle Peter ELLIS Dog chewing Peter ELLIS Circe Bertram MACKENNAL Lady Rous née Charlotte Maria Whittaker, second wife of the 6th Baronet, later, Earl of Stradbroke William BEECHEY Faces Gareth SANSOM OK TA TA Gareth SANSOM Masters George, William and Miss Harriet Ware with the Aborigine Jamie Ware Robert DOWLING Mr Clark's Station, Deep Creek, near Keilor Eugene von GUÉRARD Cabinet W. H. ROCKE & CO., Melbourne (manufacturer); John MATHER (decorator) Dr Will Maloney John RUSSELL Norman's house Gareth SANSOM Blind faith HJ Wedge Ngayarta Kujarra Jakayu Biljabu; Yikartu Bumba; May Chapman; Nyanjilpayi Nancy Chapman; Doreen Chapman; Linda James; Donna Loxton; Mulyatingki Marney; Reena Rogers; Beatrice Simpson; Ronelle Simpson; Muntararr Rosie Williams Bosch study #4 Jon CATTAPAN (Mother and child) E. Phillips FOX Cahill Expressway Jeffrey SMART The red hat William FRATER The Mayor's Cup William KERR (Sydney Harbour from Mosman Bay) Hans HEYSEN The babe is wise Lina BRYANS Untitled Roger KEMP