Think I'll have fish and chips.
Primary Artist
Tony Coleing (1942–)
Title
Think I'll have fish and chips.
Reference
MOCA (1989), 60
Date made
1983
Place made
Victorian Print Workshop, Meat Market Craft Centre, 42 Courtney Street, North Melbourne, Naam / Melbourne, Victoria, Australia View on map Close map
Category
Print type
planographic
Technique
lithograph, printed in colour inks, from three stones
Matrix size
56.0 x 76.0 cm (printed image)
Support
thick cream wove Arches paper
Support size
56.0 x 76.0 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
blindstamp upper right edge, 'VERITABLE PAPIER D'ARCHE SATINE' .
State
published state
Impression
workshop proof 2/2
Edition information
edition of 25
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed dated and titled lower right centre below image in black pencil, ' 'Think, I'll have fish / and chips / T. Coleing 1983' '. Inscribed with edition details lower left below image in black pencil, 'VPW Proof 2/2'.
Inscriptions or device by others involved in the works production
no blindstamp
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed verso lower right in black pencil, 'APW 1708'
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
124708
Accession number
2002.431.1708
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
LOANE, John | (1950–) Australian | Male | printer
VICTORIAN PRINT WORKSHOP | (1981–1989) Australian | Organisation | print workshop
COLEING, Tony | (1942–) Australian | Male | artist
Last Updated
17 Jun 2026