Helices
Primary Artist
Pamela Griffith (1943–)
Title
Date made
1979
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, aquatint, soft ground aquatint and roulette, printed in colour, from two zinc plates
Matrix size
61.0 x 45.5 cm (plate-mark)
Support
cream Arches wove paper
Support size
75.3 x 53.0 cm (sheet)
State
published state
Impression
proof 1
Edition information
edition of 40
Production notes
Griffith Studio and Graphic Workshop note: Black plate has roulette through hard-ground.
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, 'Proof 1 1st Jan.1979/ Brown plate under Black Plate' Titled lower centre below plate-mark in black pencil, ' 'Helices' '.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
1259
Accession number
94.825
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
Produced to help decide order of plate printing. The black plate was the richest when printed last. First two-plate print produced in Griffith Studio and Graphic Workshop.
Creators
GRIFFITH, Pamela | (1943–) Australian | Female | artist
GRIFFITH STUDIO AND GRAPHIC WORKSHOP | (1973–1999) Australian | Organisation | publisher
Last Updated
08 Jan 2013