Ah Sun Flower
Primary Artist
Barbara Hanrahan (1939–1991)
Title
Date made
1962
Category
Print type
relief
Technique
linocut, printed in black ink, from one block
Matrix size
31.8 x 27.9 cm (printed image)
Support
Japanese style laid paper
Support size
60.3 x 46.8 cm (sheet)
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed and dated lower right below printed image in black pencil, 'Barbara Hanrahan 1962'.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
146096
Accession number
91.1068
Accession method
Curator's allowance
Meeting
Meeting 4, 1991/92 (1991-12-11)
Provenance
Purchased by the Australian National Gallery, from aGOG (Australian Girls Own Gallery), Canberra, 1991.
Credit line
Purchased 1991
Country of context
Australia
Notes
Image contains verse, "Ah Sun Flower", by William Blake, u.c.-l.r. "AH SUN FLOWER/ Ah Sun Flower! weary of time/Who countest the steps of/ the Sun/ Seeking after that sweet/ golden clime/ Where the traveller's jour-/ney is done. //Where the Youth pined/ away with despair/ And the pale Virgin/ shrouded in snow:/ Arise from their graves/ and aspire/ Where my Sun-flower wishes/ to go./ BLAKE".
Creators
HANRAHAN, Barbara | (1939–1991) Australian | Female | artist