Primary Artist

Barbara Hanrahan (1939–1991)

Title

Thou makest darkness and it is night

Date made

1962

Category

Print

Print type

relief

Technique

linocut, printed in colour, from two blocks

Matrix size

34.2 x 22.3 cm (printed image (overall))

Support

laid Japanese style paper

State

published state

Impression

1/12

Edition information

edition of 12

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

Signed dated and editioned lower right below image 2, black pencil, '1962 Barbara Hanrahan 1/12'.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

146103

Accession number

91.1075

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 2 contains a verse, u.l.-l.r. "Thou makest/ darkness and/ it is night: where/ in all the beasts/ of the forest/ do creep forth./ The young lions/ roar after their/ prey, and seek/ their meat from/ GOD./ The Sun anseth,/ they gather them. selves together,/ and lay them down/ in their dens.".

Creators

HANRAHAN, Barbara | (1939–1991) Australian | Female | artist

Last Updated

07 Jan 2013