Macquarie Street 1988
Primary Artist
Elizabeth Rooney (1929–2016)
Title
Date made
1988 – 1988-89
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
etching, printed in black ink, from one plate
Matrix size
21.6 x 35.4 cm (plate-mark)
Support
cream wove paper
Support size
29.0 x 39.0 cm (sheet)
Impression
working proof 1
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed and dated lower right within platemark lower right 'Elizabeth Rooney 1988-89'. Inscribed lower left within platemark, black pencil, ' 'Macquarie Street 1988'/ Election Eve'. Inscribed lower centre within platemark, black pencil, 'WP1'. Inscribed l.edge, black pencil, 'This is the entry not sent to this years BDAS...'.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
1161
Accession number
94.958
Accession method
Gift
Meeting
Meeting 6, 1993/94 (1994-06-29)
Provenance
Gift to Joyce Allen, from the artist. The Allen family by descent, 1992. Gift to the National Gallery of Australia, from the family of Joyce Allen, 1994.
Credit line
Gift of the family of Joyce Allen 1994
Country of context
Australia
Creators
Rooney, Elizabeth. | (1929–2016) Australian | Female | artist