Primary Artist

Vaclovas Ratas (1910–1973)

Title

Greeting card: Aborigine with spear and aboriginal motifs.

Date made

1951 – (1951)

Place made

Australia, Australia, Western Australia, Perth View on map Close map

Category

Print

Print type

relief

Technique

woodcut, printed in black ink, from one block

Matrix size

13.9 x 14.6 cm (printed image)

Support

orange laid Rob Roy paper

Support size

14.3 x 14.7 cm (sheet (folded in half))

Manufacturers mark

watermark: centre, 'Rob Roy / shield / [illegible] nen'

Edition information

edition unknown

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

no inscriptions

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

88157

Accession number

89.532.A

Accession method

Purchase

Meeting

Meeting 8, 1988/89 (1989-05-11)

Provenance

Purchased from Josef Lebovic Gallery, Sydney, 11 May 1989.

Credit line

Gordon Darling Fund 1989

Subject category

Australia, Printed ephemera: Greeting card: Christmas

Country of context

Australia

Creators

Ratas, Vaclovas. | (1910–1973) Australian | Lithuanian | Male | artist

Last Updated

04 Jan 2013