Sydney LONG | Bookplate: Samuel Chotzinoff

Sydney LONG
Australia 1871 – London 1955
England, Europe 1910-21; Australia 1921- 22; England 1922-25; Australia 1925-52; England from 1952

Bookplate: Samuel Chotzinoff 1921 intaglio , line-etching, printed in dark brown ink with plate-tone, from one copper plate on cream paper
11.2 (h) x 6.8 (w) cm
Signed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Sydney Long'. Not dated. Not titled.
Reference: Mendelssohn (1979), 45; Paul (1928), 88 National Gallery of Australia, Canberra NGA 1977.9.49 The Stephen Collection, purchased 1976. Reproduced with the kind permission of the Ophthalmic Research Institute of Australia
  • J.W.F. Stephen, who formed a definitive collection of the etched work of Sydney Long. J.A.C. Stephen, the artist’s son, by descent. Purchased by the Australian National Gallery, from J.A.C. Stephen, Sydney, 1977.

Samuel Chotzinoff was a pianist who visited Sydney in 1921, together with the violinist Jascha Heifetz, for whom Long also designed a bookplate.

Samuel Chotzinoff was a pianist who visited Sydney in 1921, together with the violinist Jascha Heifetz, for whom Long also designed a bookplate.

Samuel Chotzinoff was a pianist who visited Sydney in 1921, together with the violinist Jascha Heifetz, for whom Long also designed a bookplate.