not titled [abstract design in cream and black with chine colle]

Artist: b'Tomescu, Aida.' | Title: b'not titled [abstract design in cream and black with chine colle]' | Date: 1988 | Technique: b'open-bite etching, aquatint and roullette, printed in black and cream, from two plates' | Copyright: b'\xc2\xa9 Aida Tomescu'
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Primary Artist

Aida Tomescu (1955–)

Title

not titled [abstract design in cream and black with chine colle]

Work number

Australian Print Workshop (1981-), 436

Date made

1988

Place made

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

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Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

open-bite etching, aquatint and roullette, printed in black and cream, from two plates

Support

chine colle of thin cream wove paper on medium-weight off-white wove Arches paper

Manufacturers mark

watermark lower right, 'ARCHES / FRANCE [infinity symbol]'.

State

published state

Impression

workshop proof 2/2

Edition information

edition unknown; plus 1 artist's proof, 1 printer's proof, 2 workshop proofs

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

Signed and dated lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'ACT 88'. Not titled. Inscribed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, VPW Proof II'.

Inscriptions or device by others involved in the works production

Print workshop blindstamp lower right, 'VPW' [within rectangle]

Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work

Inscribed verso lower right in black pencil, 'APW 436'

Subject description

The Australian Print Workshop archive of Australian prints and book arts.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

123436

Accession number

2002.431.436

Accession method

Purchase

Meeting

Meeting 7, 2001/2002 (2002-06-26)

Provenance

Purchased by the National Gallery of Australia, from the Australian Print Workshop (formerly the Victorian Print Workshop), Melbourne, 2002, where the work was produced.

Credit line

Australian Print Workshop Archive 2, purchased with the assistance of the Gordon Darling Australasian Print Fund 2002

Copyright

© Aida Tomescu

Subject category

Collection: The Australian Print Workshop [formerly Victorian Print Workshop] archive of Australian prints 1981 - 2002, acquired 2002.

Country of context

Australia

Creators

Tomescu, Aida. | (1955–) Female | artist

VICTORIAN PRINT WORKSHOP | (1981–1989) Australian | Organisation | print workshop

Last Updated

07 Jan 2013