Vote no.

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Primary Artist

John Godschall Johnson (1912–2003)

Title

Vote no.

Date made

1949

Place made

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

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Category

Matrix

Print type

relief

Technique

linocut, printed in black ink, from one block

Matrix size

21.8 x 15.0 cm (printed image)

Support

wove paper

Support size

29.4 x 20.5 cm (sheet)

State

published state

Impression

undesignated impression as issued

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

Inscribed below printed image in pen and ink, 'This linocut was designed and cut by me when I was a member of the Seamens / Union working on the S.S. ARKUBA IN in 1949'. The NO COMMITTEE made up of crew / members printed and pasted them up in every port we visited to defeat / Menzies Referendum to ban the Communist Party / John Godschall Johnson 12 .8. 92'.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

169839

Accession number

93.433

Accession method

Gift

Meeting

Meeting 5, 1992/93 (1993-04-28)

Provenance

Gift to the National Gallery of Australia, from the artist, Sydney, 1993.

Credit line

Gift of the artist 1993

Country of context

Australia

Creators

Johnson, John Godschall. | (1912–2003) Australian | Male | artist

Last Updated

07 Jan 2013