(The rope trick)
Primary Artist
Harry Rosengrave (1899–1986)
Title
Date made
1953 – (1953)
Place made
Australia, Australia, Victoria, Melbourne, RMIT View on map Close map
Category
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