(Flying birds)

Primary Artist

Ethleen Palmer (1906–1958)

Title

(Flying birds)

Physical description

printed cover of telephone booklet

Date made

1953 – c.1955

Place made

Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map

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Category

Print

Print type

stencil

Technique

screenprint, printed in colour inks, from multiple stencils

Text printed from matrix

printed lower right corner within image, 'EP. [in monogram]'.
printed lower left edge on backing sheet, 'Ethleen Palmer / Australia'.

Matrix size

12.2 x 15.6 cm (booklet)

Support

thick cream wove paper mounted on textured grey wove paper with pad of blank sheets of paper

Support size

12.2 x 46.0 cm (backing sheet)

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

Inscribed upper left corner of backing sheet in black pencil, '2/-'.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

2877

Accession number

96.762

Accession method

Purchase

Meeting

Meeting 1, 1996/97 (1996-08-27)

Provenance

Purchased from Josef Lebovic Gallery, Sydney, 27 August 1996.

Credit line

Purchase by Exchange 1996

Country of context

Australia

Notes

This work was exchanged for a group of excess works purchased from Polly Woodside Maritime Museum

Creators

Palmer, Ethleen. | (1906–1958) Australian | South African | Female | artist

Last Updated

31 Aug 2025