London Portrait (self-portrait).

Primary Artist

Ian Armstrong (1923–2005)

Title

London Portrait (self-portrait).

Other titles

Self-portrait

Date made

1951

Place made

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

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Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

etching, printed in black ink with plate-tone, from one plate

Matrix size

12.7 x 9.9 cm (plate-mark)

Support

cream wove paper

Support size

14.8 x 10.7 cm (sheet (irregular))

Edition information

edition of 4

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

No inscriptions.

Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work

Inscribed verso, lower right in black pencil, 'Armstrong 12' [12 encircled].

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

41490

Accession number

86.423

Accession method

Purchase

Meeting

Meeting 6, 1985/86 (1986-02-11)

Provenance

Collection of the artist Harry Rosengrave (1899-1896), Melbourne. Purchased by the ANG from his family through Niagara Galleries, Melbourne, February 1986.

Credit line

Purchased 1986

Country of context

Australia

Notes

Exhibited 25 Sept - 4 Oct 1956 in "PRINTS by The Melbourne Graphic artists" at Peter Bray Gallery, Melbourne, Cat. No. 31 "Self Portrait ... etching 2" [gns]. Date and edition number as cited in "Ian Armstrong Survey Print Exhibition 1951-1990" at Eastgate Gallery, Melbourne.

Creators

Armstrong, Ian. | (1923–2005) Australian | Male | artist

Last Updated

08 Jan 2013