The ant dress
Primary Artist
Garry Shead (1942–)
Title
Date made
1998 – 1998, September
Place made
Australia, Australia, Queensland, Lockhart River, Lockhart River Arts & Culture Centre View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
etching , drypoint and aquatint, printed in black ink, from one plate
Matrix size
24.2 x 19.8 cm (plate-mark)
Support
thick white wove paper
Support size
55.8 x 37.8 cm (sheet (deckle-edged))
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
published state
Impression
23/40
Edition information
edition of 40
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Garry Shead'. Not dated. Titled lower centre below plate-mark in black pencil, 'The Ant Dress'. Inscribed with impression details lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, '23/40'.
Inscriptions or device by others involved in the works production
Printer's blindstamp lower right below image, 'TT [within square]'.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
130814
Accession number
2004.358.102
Accession method
Gift
Meeting
Meeting 2, 2004/2005 (2004-10-27)
Provenance
Gift to the National Gallery of Australia, from Geoffrey and Fran Barker (who established printmaking at Lockhart River in 1995), 2004.
Credit line
Gift of Geoff and Fran Barker 2004
Copyright
© Garry Shead
Creators
Shead, Garry. | (1942–) Australian | Male | artist
Tremblay, Theo. | (1952–) American | Australian | Male | printer