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ETCHING: 'THE MODERN SCHOOL PERTH', AUSTIN H. PLATT

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1936

Overview

Image: Sepia etching of Perth Modern School from the north-east corner.

Signature: Bottom left '39.145 The Modern School Perth, Austin H. Platt'.

Frame: Fine black lacquered frame with glass and mount.

Reverse: Sticker 'Mona Lisa Art Gallery - Picture framing, designing, oil paintings, watercolours, reproductions'.

Historical information

Austin Platt was born in Perth in 1912 and was educated in New Zealand and Sydney, Australia.

By World War II he had completed about 100 plates in a specialisation that particularly focused on school buildings. After the war he continued producing etchings and over his lifetime created an historic record of school buildings of the 1930s and 1940s, many of which have been subsequently demolished.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-43-1987.100

Item type

Themes

Material

Width

290 mm

Height or length

392 mm

Inscriptions and markings

Austin H. Platt

Contextual Information

Austin Platt was born in Perth in 1912 and educated in New Zealand and later in Sydney. By World War II, he had completed approximately 100 etching plates, particularly focusing on school buildings. After the war he continued producing etchings and over his lifetime created an historic record of school buildings of the 1930s and 1940s, many of which were subsequently demolished.

Keywords

Roberts Road, Subiaco

Decade - 1930s

Subiaco

Place made

Western Australia

Year