The cat is looking on

Primary Artist

Mitzi Shearer (1909–1995)

Title

The cat is looking on

Date made

1979

Place made

Australia, Australia, Western Australia, Perth View on map Close map

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Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

etching, printed in black and green ink, from one plate

Matrix size

22.0 x 29.6 cm (plate-mark)

Support

cream laid paper

Support size

33.6 x 50.6 cm (sheet)

State

published state

Impression

5/5

Edition information

edition of 5

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

Signed and dated lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Shearer '79'. Titled lower centre below plate-mark in black pencil, ' 'The cat is looking on' '. Inscribed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, '5/5'. Inscribed upper right corner above image in black pencil, '45'.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

10734

Accession number

97.153

Accession method

Gift

Meeting

Meeting 1, 1997/98 (1997-09-11)

Provenance

Gift of the artist through her estate to the NGA, September 1997.

Credit line

Gift of the artist 1995

Country of context

Australia

Creators

SHEARER, Mitzi | (1909–1995) Female | artist

Last Updated

19 Mar 2013