Beans and banzai
Primary Artist
Robert Rooney (1937–2017)
Title
Source
From Prints by twenty-five Australian artists. Canberra: Australian National Gallery and Australian Bicentennial Authority, 1988.
Page or Plate number
no.20.
Work number
Australian Print Workshop (1981-), 2320
Date made
1987
Place made
Australia, Australia, Victoria, Melbourne, Victorian Print Workshop, 188 Gertrude Street, Fitzroy View on map Close map
Category
Print type
stencil
Technique
screenprint, printed in colour, from four screens
Matrix size
36.6 x 54.7 cm (printed image)
Support
thick white wove Arches 88 paper
Support size
57.0 x 76.4 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
watermark lower left, 'ARCHES 88'.
State
published state
Impression
workshop proof 2/2
Edition information
edition of 80; plus 2 trial proofs, 2 artists proofs, 1 printers proof, 2 workshop proofs
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed and dated lower right below printed image in black pencil, 'ROBERT ROONEY '87'. Titled lower left below printed image in black pencil, 'BEANS AND BANZAI'. Inscribed lower left below printed image in black pencil, 'V.P.W. PROOF 2'
Inscriptions or device by others involved in the works production
Print workshop blindstamp lower right, 'VPW' [within rectangle]
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed verso lower right in black pencil, 'APW 2320'
Subject description
The Australian Print Workshop archive of Australian prints and book arts.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
125320
Accession number
2002.431.2320
Accession method
Purchase
Meeting
Meeting 7, 2001/2002 (2002-06-26)
Provenance
Purchased by the National Gallery of Australia, from the Australian Print Workshop (formerly the Victorian Print Workshop), Melbourne, 2006, where the work was produced.
Credit line
Australian Print Workshop Archive 2, purchased with the assistance of the Gordon Darling Australasian Print Fund 2002
Copyright
Courtesy of Tolarno Galleries
Subject category
Australia, Bicentennial, 1988
Country of context
Australia
Creators
Rooney, Robert. | (1937–2017) Australian | Male | artist
VICTORIAN PRINT WORKSHOP | (1981–1989) Australian | Organisation | print workshop
LOANE, John | (1950–) Australian | Male | printer