Primary Artist

Margaret Preston (1875–1963)

Title

Cockatoos.

Other titles

Cockatoo and Banksias

Reference

Butler (1987), 130

Date made

1929

Place made

Warrane / Sydney, New South Wales, Australia View on map Close map

Category

Print

Print type

relief

Technique

woodcut, printed in black ink, from one block; hand-coloured

Matrix size

9.8 x 10.0 cm (printed image)

Support

thin Japanese paper

Support size

14.2 x 14.0 cm (sheet)

State

published state

Impression

undesignated impression

Edition information

edition unknown, hand-coloured

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

Signed lower right below printed image in black pencil, 'Margaret Preston'. Titled lower left below printed image in black pencil, 'Cockatt + Banksia'

Subject description

Native Australian fauna and flora: two cockatoos with waratah.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

104104

Accession number

85.1701

Accession method

Fund

Meeting

Meeting 3, 1985/86 (1985-09-10)

Provenance

Purchased by the Australian National Gallery, from Josef Lebovic Gallery, Sydney, 1986.

Credit line

Purchased from Gallery admission charges 1985

Copyright

© Margaret Preston. Licensed by VISCOPY, Australia

Country of context

Australia

Creators

PRESTON, Margaret | (1875–1963) Australian | Female | artist

Last Updated

09 Jan 2013