(The rope trick)

Primary Artist

Harry Rosengrave (1899–1986)

Title

(The rope trick)

Date made

1953 – (1953)

Place made

Australia, Australia, Victoria, Melbourne, RMIT View on map Close map

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Category

Print

Print type

planographic

Technique

lithograph, printed in colour, from four plates

Matrix size

28.2 x 33.4 cm (printed image)

Support

thin cream wove paper

Support size

29.4 x 34.8 cm (sheet (irregular))

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

Signed lower right below composition in black pencil, 'H Rosengrave'. Not dated.

Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work

Inscribed verso, lower right in black pencil, 'Rosengrave 12'.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

41042

Accession number

86.222

Accession method

Purchase

Meeting

Meeting 6, 1985/86 (1986-02-11)

Provenance

Collection of the artist Harry Rosengrave (1899-1986), Melbourne. Purchased by the ANG from his family through Niagara Galleries, Melbourne, February 1986.

Credit line

Purchased 1986

Country of context

Australia

Notes

Scraps of black paper glued u.c. edge verso. Same plate as Acc. No. 1982.1747. Exhibited in "40 Prints by ten artists" in April - May 1954 at Peter Bray Gallery, Melbourne. Cat. No. 37 "The Rope Trick ... colour lithograph".

Creators

ROSENGRAVE, Harry | (1899–1986) Australian | Male | artist

ROSENGRAVE, Harry | (1899–1986) Australian | Male | printer

Last Updated

08 Jan 2013