Mental dental
Primary Artist
Jim Paterson (1944–)
Title
Work number
Australian Print Workshop (1981-), 1639
Date made
1984
Place made
Australia, Australia, Victoria, Melbourne, Victorian Print Workshop, Meat Market Craft Centre, 42 Courtney Street, North Melbourne View on map Close map
Category
Print type
planographic
Technique
lithograph, printed in black ink, from one zinc plate
Matrix size
49.6 x 66.0 cm (printed image)
Support
thick off-white wove Arches Aquarelle paper
Support size
57.0 x 76.2 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
blindstamp lower right edge, 'AQUARELLE ARCHES'.
State
published state
Impression
workshop proof 2
Edition information
edition of 10; plus 2 workshop proofs
Production notes
Artists comment: 'Mental dental' is one of an ongoing series of black and white lithographs. This particualr lithograph was drawn in lithographic crayons and liquid tusche directly onto a zinc plate and printed off set on Arches Satine 300 gsm with American Graphics 1796 editioning ink, at the Victorian Print Workshop. [Art & Australia vol. 23 no. 2 summer 1985, p.184]
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed and dated lower right below image in black pencil, 'J. Paterson 84.'. Not titled. Inscribed with edition details lower left below 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 1639'
Subject description
The Australian Print Workshop archive of Australian prints and book arts.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
124639
Accession number
2002.431.1639
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
Country of context
Australia
Creators
VICTORIAN PRINT WORKSHOP | (1981–1989) Australian | Organisation | print workshop
Paterson, Jim. | (1944–) Australian | Male | artist
Last Updated
08 Jan 2013