Ode to flight
Primary Artist
Pamela Griffith (1943–)
Title
Date made
1980
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Bardwell Park, Griffith Studio and Graphic Workshop View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
etching, soft ground, hard ground, rocker, aquatint, second hard ground sandpaper lift, spray & spatter resist printed in black ink, from one zinc plate
Matrix size
60.8 x 45.5 cm (plate-mark)
Support
cream wove C.M.Fabriano paper
Support size
75.8 x 56.4 cm (sheet)
State
final state
Impression
proof
Edition information
edition of 40
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, 'Last State Proof'. Inscribed lower centre below plate-mark in black pencil, ' 'Ode to Flight' '.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
1241
Accession number
94.812
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
In making the plate, images were added using new grounds and techniques to look like an artist's sketchbook. Bevelled.
Creators
Morgan, Ailsa Lesley. | (1953–) Australian | Female | printer
GRIFFITH, Pamela | (1943–) Australian | Female | artist
GRIFFITH STUDIO AND GRAPHIC WORKSHOP | (1973–1999) Australian | Organisation | publisher
Last Updated
08 Jan 2013