Wheelflower.

Artist: b'PRESTON, Margaret' | Title: b'Wheelflower.' | Date: 1929 | Technique: b'woodcut, printed in black ink, from one block; hand-coloured' | Copyright: b'\xc2\xa9 Margaret Preston. Licensed by VISCOPY, Australia'
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Primary Artist

Margaret Preston (1875–1963)

Title

Wheelflower.

Other titles

Stenocarpus wheelflower Australian

Reference

Butler (1987), 140

Date made

1929

Place made

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

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Category

Print

Print type

relief

Technique

woodcut, printed in black ink, from one block; hand-coloured

Matrix size

44.2 x 44.2 cm (printed image)

Support

tan fibrous laid paper

Support size

60.2 x 45.6 cm (sheet)

State

published state

Impression

11/?

Edition information

edition unknown, hand-coloured; plus 1impression printed by Eva Kubbos in 1963 for the Art Gallery of New South Wales

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

Printed signature lower left within image, 'MP'. Signed lower right below printed image in black pencil, 'Margaret Preston'. Not dated. Titled lower left below printed image in black pencil, 'Stenocarpus wheelower leftwer/ Australian'. Inscribed lower left below printed image in black pencil, '11th proof'.

Subject description

Native Australian flora: flowers and foliage of a wheel tree or firewheel tree (stenocarpus sinuatus).

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

28961

Accession number

76.312

Accession method

Purchase

Meeting

Interim Council, Meeting 20 (1976-05-11)

Credit line

Purchased 1976

Copyright

© Margaret Preston. Licensed by VISCOPY, Australia

Country of context

Australia

Creators

PRESTON, Margaret | (1875–1963) Australian | Female | artist

Last Updated

04 Jan 2013