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Primary Artist
Toni Robertson (1953–)
Title
Source
The royal nuclear show.
Page or Plate number
no.5
Date made
1981
Place made
Australia, Australia, South Australia, Adelaide, Experimental Art Foundation View on map Close map
Category
Print type
stencil
Technique
screenprint, printed in colour, from four hand-cut and three photo-stencils
Matrix size
77.6 x 51.4 cm (printed image)
Support
wove paper
Support size
82.6 x 58.1 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
published state
Impression
undesignated impression as issued
Edition information
print run of 230
Production notes
The artist notes: I wanted to use the visual seductiveness of a multi-coloured screenprinted surface both to attract people to the posters and as part of the general advertising surface so important to the Show. Colour, particularly red, was used to relate and emphasise different parts within the poster and to bind the series together. Each poster has seven colours printed in the following sequence - pale blue, darker blue, red, pink (hand-cut stencils, grey, transparent yellow and black (photostencils). Two hundred and thirty sets were printed. (Toni Robertoson, 'The Royal Nuclear Show 1979-81' in Virginia Coventry (ed) The critical distance, Sydney: Hale & Iremonger, 1986, p.179.
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Titled lower left below printed image in black pencil, 'THE ROYAL NUCLEAR SHOW - 5'.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
87857
Accession number
82.1803.5
Accession method
Curator's allowance
Meeting
Meeting 5, 1982/83 (1982-11-08)
Provenance
Purchased by the Australian National Gallery, from the artist, Canberra, 1982'.
Credit line
Purchased 1982
Copyright
© Toni Robertson
Subject category
Anti-nuclear/Atomic issues
Country of context
Australia
Creators
Robertson, Toni. | (1953–) Australian | Female | artist