Bird and kangaroo landscape

Artist: b'Olsen, John.' | Title: b'Bird and kangaroo landscape' | Date: 1979 | Technique: b'lithograph, printed in colour, from two plates' | Copyright: b'\xc2\xa9 John Olsen. Licensed by VISCOPY, Australia'
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Primary Artist

John Olsen (1928–2023)

Title

Bird and kangaroo landscape

Source

Down under. Sydney: Port Jackson Press, 1979.

Page or Plate number

no.4.

Reference

Olsen (1980), 94

Date made

1979

Place made

Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map

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Category

Print

Print type

planographic

Technique

lithograph, printed in colour, from two plates

Matrix size

76.1 x 53.0 cm (printed image)

Support

cream wove Velin Arches paper

Support size

91.4 x 63.4 cm (sheet)

State

published state

Impression

18/50

Edition information

edition of 50; plus artist's proofs numbered i-vi

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

Signed and dated lower right below image in black pencil, 'John Olsen 79'. Titled lower centre below image in black pencil, ' 'Bird & Kangaroo Landscape' '. Inscribed lower left below image in black pencil, '18/50'.

Subject description

Bird flying over Australian landscape.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

104338

Accession number

90.108.4

Accession method

Purchase

Meeting

Meeting 6, 1989/90 (1990-03-08)

Provenance

Purchased by the Australian National Gallery, from Solander Gallery, Canberra, 1990.

Credit line

Gordon Darling Australasian Print Fund 1990

Copyright

© John Olsen. Licensed by VISCOPY, Australia

Subject category

Australia, Animal: Kangaroo

Country of context

Australia

Creators

Genis, Fred. | (1934–2022) Australian | Dutch | Male | printer

Olsen, John. | (1928–2023) Australian | Male | artist

PORT JACKSON PRESS | (1975–) Australian | Organisation | publisher

Last Updated

04 Jan 2013