Breather

Primary Artist

George Gittoes (1949–)

Title

Breather

Date made

1991

Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

etching, printed in black ink, from one plate

Matrix size

24.2 x 31.3 cm (plate-mark)

Edition information

edition of 10; plus 1 printer's proof, 1 workshop proof

Production notes

The series of plates were produced by George Gittoes with Basil Hall, with assistance from Deborah Perrow (etching lines and acquatints) and Pamela Challis (burnishing of four plates) in May over two weeks. The 1st batch of prints were printed at Ptarmigan (?) Press, Curtin ACT, in May-June 1991. "*Issued 4 to Pamela Challis (assisted on plates) *Issuded 1 to Deborah Perrow (platework)" Studio One, printer's worksheet for entire series.

Subject category

Collection: The Studio One Inc print workshop archive of Australian prints 1986 - 2000, acquired 2004.

Country of context

Australia

Legacy id

144333

Creators

Gittoes, George. | (1949–) Australian | Male | artist

STUDIO ONE INC. | (1985–2000) Australian | Organisation | print workshop

HALL, Basil | (1954–) Australian | Male | printer

Impressions

Collection

National Gallery of Australia | 2004.369.503

State

published state

Impression

right to print proof

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