Lil' Bourke.

Primary Artist

John Bainbridge (1918–1978)

Title

Lil' Bourke.

Other titles

Lil Bourke Street

Date made

1945

Place made

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia View on map Close map

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Category

Print

Print type

relief

Technique

linocut, printed in black ink, from one block

Text printed from matrix

printed lower right corner within image, 'B'.

Matrix size

16.6 x 14.0 cm (printed image)

Support

thin cream wove paper

Support size

22.8 x 19.8 cm (sheet)

State

published state

Impression

undesignated impression

Edition information

edition unknown

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

Signed and dated lower right below printed image in black pencil, 'John Bainbridge/ 45'. Titled lower left below printed image in black pencil, 'Lil' Bourke'.

Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work

Inscribed upper left edge in black pencil, '401 Black vert 13 x 11'. Inscribed upper right edge in black pencil, '83022'.

Subject description

A group of Chinese men standing around a fish vendors cart, in 'China town' Little Bourke Street, Melbourne.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

186821

Accession number

94.31

Accession method

Curator's allowance

Meeting

Meeting 4, 1993/94 (1994-02-23)

Provenance

Purchased by the National gallery of Australia, from Lassetters Gallery, Canberra, February 1994.

Credit line

Purchased 1994

Country of context

Australia

Creators

Bainbridge, John. | (1918–1978) Australian | Male | artist

Last Updated

09 Dec 2023