Kong Mong's doorway

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Primary Artist

John Shirlow (1869–1936)

Title

Kong Mong's doorway

Date made

1921

Place made

Australia, Australia, Victoria, Melbourne View on map Close map

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Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

etching, printed in brown ink with plate-tone, from one copper plate

Matrix size

23.8 x 6.2 cm (plate-mark)

Support

thin cream laid 'Whatman' paper

Support size

29.5 x 15.0 cm (sheet)

Manufacturers mark

watermark: 'J WHATMAN'

State

published state

Impression

17/50

Edition information

edition of 50

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

Signed and dated lower left in plate, 'SHIRLOW 1921'. Signed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'John Shirlow'. Inscribed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, '17/50'

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

59714

Accession number

79.1877

Accession method

Curator's allowance

Meeting

Meeting 1, 1979/80 (1979-08-13)

Provenance

Purchased by the Australian National Gallery, from Thirty Victoria Street [gallery], Sydney, August 1979; Part of a group of 36 prints by various Australian artists.

Credit line

Purchased 1979

Subject category

Australia, Art style: Painter-etchers 1860s-1938

Country of context

Australia

Creators

SHIRLOW, John | (1869–1936) Australian | Male | artist

Last Updated

08 Jan 2013