Primary Artist

Mitzi Shearer (1909–1995)

Title

Spaceman

Date made

1991

Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

etching, printed in black ink with plate-tone, from one plate

Matrix size

8.8 x 8.8 cm (plate-mark)

Support

thick cream wove Arches paper

Support size

18.8 x 13.2 cm (sheet)

Manufacturers mark

watermark: 'Arches France'.

State

published state

Impression

artist's proof

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

Signed and dated lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Shearer '91'. Inscribed lower centre below plate-mark in black pencil, ' 'Spaceman' '. Inscribed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'A/proof'.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

167988

Accession number

92.89

Accession method

Purchase

Meeting

Meeting 1, 1992/93 (1992-08-26)

Provenance

Purchased by the Australian National Gallery, from Charles Nodrum Gallery, Melbourne, 1992.

Credit line

Gordon Darling Australasian Print Fund 1992

Country of context

Australia

Notes

Drawing for this plate in NGA collection (not yet accessioned 5/11/96)

Creators

SHEARER, Mitzi | (1909–1995) Female | artist