Herons
Primary Artist
Florence Higgs (1918–2006)
Title
Date made
1952 – c.1954
Place made
Australia, Australia, Victoria, Melbourne, RMIT View on map Close map
Category
Print type
relief
Technique
linocut, printed in colour, from three blocks
Matrix size
23.1 x 17.2 cm (printed image)
Support
thin cream wove paper
Support size
30.0 x 21.8 cm (sheet (irregular))
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
published state
Impression
undesignated impression
Edition information
edition unknown
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed lower right below printed image in black pencil, 'Torchy Higgs'. Not dated. Titled lower left below printed image in black pencil, ' 'Herons' '.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed verso, lower right in black pencil, 'Higgs 10'.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
40942
Accession number
86.199
Accession method
Purchase
Meeting
Meeting 6, 1985/86 (1986-02-11)
Provenance
Collection of the artist Harry Rosengrave (1899-1896), Melbourne. Purchased by the ANG from his family through Niagara Galleries, Melbourne, February 1986.
Credit line
Purchased 1986
Country of context
Australia
Notes
Glue and black paper remnants verso, upper edge. Exhibited in "40 Prints by ten artists ..." at Peter Bray Gallery, Melbourne April - May 1954. Cat. No. 24 "Herons ... colour linocut". Colourway variation on Acc. No. 1986.198.
Creators
Higgs, Florence. | (1918–2006) Australian | Female | artist