Native everlastings

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Primary Artist

Margaret Preston (1875–1963)

Title

Native everlastings

Reference

Butler (1987), 195

Date made

1933 – c.1935

Place made

Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Berowra View on map Close map

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Category

Print

Print type

relief

Technique

woodcut, printed in black ink, from one block; hand-coloured

Matrix size

29.6 x 29.6 cm (printed image)

Support

cream Japanese paper

Support size

35.6 x 35.8 cm (sheet)

State

published state

Impression

undesignated impression

Edition information

edition unknown, hand-coloured

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

Signed lower right below printed image in black pencil, 'Margaret Preston'. Not dated. Titled lower left below printed image in black pencil, 'Dahia (sic) everlastings wood (illeg)'.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

72672

Accession number

80.1466

Accession method

Purchase

Meeting

Meeting 8, 1979/80 (1980-06-09)

Provenance

Purchased by the Australian National Gallery, from Leonard Joel Pty. Ltd., June 1980; From the auction, 'Australian, New Zealand, British and European, Historical and Contemporay, Drawings and Paintings, Sculpture', Melbourne: Leonard Joel, 28-30 May 1980, lot 1199.

Credit line

Purchased 1980

Copyright

© Margaret Preston. Licensed by VISCOPY, Australia

Country of context

Australia

Creators

PRESTON, Margaret | (1875–1963) Australian | Female | artist