Prints and Australia: Pre-settlement to Present.
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Title
Prints and Australia: Pre-settlement to Present.
Venues
Australian National Gallery (18 February 1989 – 21 May 1989)
Date
(1989)
Summary
Multi-artist exhibition. Located: Australia (ACT). Prints
Curator
Roger Butler, Curator Australian Prints, Australian National Gallery
Country of context
Australia
Abstract
This major exhibition of Australian prints, posters and illustrated books, is one of a series of exhibitions to celebrate the bicentennial of European settlement in Australia. A mammoth exhibition of over 1200 works it traces the history of the printed image in Australia from pre-settlement to the present. The exhibition occupies the whole of the Australian galleries and is supported by the exhibitions Printmakers at work and Australian Prints Now.