First of August, Wattle Day

Primary Artist

Pamela Griffith (1943–)

Title

First of August, Wattle Day

Date made

1980

Place made

Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Bardwell Park, Griffith Studio and Graphic Workshop View on map Close map

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Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

etching, soft ground, sugar lift, aquatint printed in colour from two zinc plates

Matrix size

61.0 x 45.5 cm (plate-mark)

Support

white Arches wove paper

Support size

75.2 x 53.0 cm (sheet)

State

4th state

Impression

proof

Edition information

edition of 40

Production notes

Griffith Studio and Graphic Workshop note: Bevelled plates. Aquatint on black plate with additional stopping out on black plate.

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

Signed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'P.A. Griffith'. Not dated. Inscribed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Proof State IV'. Inscribed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'First of August - Wattle Day.'.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

1206

Accession number

94.795

Accession method

Gift

Meeting

Meeting 6, 1993/94 (1994-06-29)

Provenance

Gift to the National Gallery of Australia, from Ross Griffith, husband of Pamela Griffith, of Griffith Studio and Graphic Workshop, Bardwell Park, New South Wales, June 1994.

Credit line

Gift of Professor Ross Griffith 1994

Copyright

© Pamela Griffith

Country of context

Australia

Notes

Bevelled plates. Aquatint on black plate with additional stopping out on black plate.

Creators

Hanks, Rew. | (1958–) Australian | Male | printer

GRIFFITH, Pamela | (1943–) Australian | Female | artist

GRIFFITH STUDIO AND GRAPHIC WORKSHOP | (1973–1999) Australian | Organisation | publisher

Morgan, Ailsa Lesley. | (1953–) Australian | Female | printer

Last Updated

08 Jan 2013