For: Malcolm - Ho, ho, ho
Primary Artist
Colin Little (1952–1982)
Title
Date made
1981
Place made
Australia, Australia, Australian Capital Territory, Canberra, Ainslie View on map Close map
Category
Poster
Print type
stencil
Technique
screenprint, printed in colour, from five stencils
Matrix size
50.6 x 37.0 cm (printed image)
Support
white matt wove paper
Support size
50.6 x 38.0 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
published state
Impression
undesignated impression as issued
Edition information
print run unknown
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
No inscriptions.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed with 1982 Megalo acquisition no, 47.
Subject description
Image of Santa Claus dressed in his christmas suit, holding a small round bomb with fuse alight. The bomb carried the tag, FOR: Malcolm. Malcolm Fraser was the Prime Minister of Australia at that time.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
95350
Accession number
83.2027
Accession method
Gift
Meeting
Meeting 10, 1982/83 (1983-05-09)
Provenance
Purchased by James Mollison for the Philip Morris Arts Grant (1973-82). Gift to the Australian National Gallery, from the Philip Morris (Australia) Ltd., October 1982.
Credit line
Gift of the Philip Morris Arts Grant 1982
Subject categories
Art exhibition poster | Australia, Political figures
Country of context
Australia
Creators
LITTLE, Colin | (1952–1982) Australian | Male | artist
Last Updated
11 Jan 2013