(Bligh Street)
Primary Artist
Elizabeth Rooney (1929–2016)
Title
Date made
1977 – c.1977
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
etching, aquatint printed in brown/green ink with plate-tone, from one copper and one zinc plates
Matrix size
19.4 x 21.8 cm (printed image (trimmed))
Support
cream wove paper
Support size
19.4 x 44.4 cm (sheet)
State
published state
Impression
proof
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Inscribed verso upper centre in blue ballpoint pen 'Dear Joyce, Max & Co / lots of love to you all / from Rooney..'. Inscribed verso lower left in blue ballpoint pen '(before I stopped printing etc this was a / comparison print ink proof for Bligh st.(now / in trimmed state to fit envelope) )'.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
1125
Accession number
94.908
Accession method
Gift
Meeting
Meeting 6, 1993/94 (1994-06-29)
Provenance
Gift to Joyce Allen, from the artist. The Allen family by descent, 1992. Gift to the National Gallery of Australia, from the family of Joyce Allen, 1994.
Credit line
Gift of the family of Joyce Allen 1994
Country of context
Australia
Creators
Rooney, Elizabeth. | (1929–2016) Australian | Female | artist
Last Updated
11 Jan 2013