Too desperate to care
Primary Artist
Mitzi Shearer (1909–1995)
Title
Date made
1980
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
etching and aquatint, printed in black ink, from one plate
Matrix size
49.9 x 23.8 cm (plate-mark)
Support
cream wove Kent paper
Support size
55.6 x 38.4 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
watermark: T & IH KENT
Impression
2nd proof
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed and dated lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Shearer '80'. Inscribed lower centre below plate-mark in black pencil, 'To Desperate to Care'. Inscribed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, '2nd Proof'.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
167916
Accession number
92.842
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
Creators
Shearer, Mitzi. | (1909–1995) Female | artist
Last Updated
07 Jan 2013