The noble horse
Primary Artist
Pamela Griffith (1943–)
Title
Date made
1981
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, splatter printed in brown ink, from one magnesium plate
Matrix size
45.2 x 60.7 cm (plate-mark)
Support
white Arches BFK Rives wove paper
Support size
57.0 x 76.0 cm (sheet)
Impression
proof
Edition information
edition of 30
Production notes
Griffith Studio and Graphic Workshop note: First use of magnesium photographic plate. Drawing on transparent film with Kodak opaque. Transferred photographically to give the appearance of a lift ground. Printed by Chris Hodges, Michelle Hingerty, Leonard Janjevsky.
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Pamela Griffith'. Not dated. Inscribed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Proof'. Inscribed lower centre below plate-mark in black pencil, ' 'The Noble Horse' '.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
1196
Accession number
94.828
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
First use of magnesium photographic plate. Drawing on transparent film with Kodak opaque. Transferred photographically to give the appearance of a lift ground. Printed by Chris Hodges, Michelle Hingerty, Leonard Janjevsky.
Creators
Hodges, Christopher. | (1954–) Australian | Male | printer
GRIFFITH STUDIO AND GRAPHIC WORKSHOP | (1973–1999) Australian | Organisation | publisher
HINGERTY, Michelle | (1962–) Australian | Female | printer
GRIFFITH, Pamela | (1943–) Australian | Female | artist
Janjevsky, Leonard. | (1981–) Australian | Male | printer