Primary Artist

Alun Leach-Jones (1937–2017)

Title

not titled [1]

Source

An Elegiac Suite, by Alun Leach Jones. Sydney: Gwalia Press, 1992.

Page or Plate number

no.1

Work number

Australian Print Workshop (1981-), 2293

Date made

1991

Place made

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

Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

etching, printed in black and grey ink, from two plates

Matrix size

37.4 x 44.5 cm (plate-mark)

Support

thick white wove Arches BFK Rives paper

Support size

57.0 x 62.0 cm (sheet)

Manufacturers mark

watermark lower left 'BFK RIVES / FRANCE [infinity symbol]'.

State

published state

Impression

workshop proof 2/2

Edition information

edition of 15; plus 2 workshop proofs

Production notes

Notes on colophon: :"The edition is limited to 10 impressions and numbered 1/10 to 10/10 and signed by the artist. The first six impressions are published in a linen portfolio. Edition numbers 7/10 to 10/10 are published as individual images. A further six impressions are reserved as workshop proofs and are inscribed W/P 1/6 to 6/6 and signed by the artist. There are two artists proofs."

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

Signed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Alun Leach-Jones'. Not dated. Not titled. Inscribed with edition details lower left edge below plate-mark in black pencil, 'APW 2/2'.

Inscriptions or device by others involved in the works production

Print workshop blindstamp lower right, 'VPW' [within rectangle]

Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work

Inscribed verso lower right in black pencil, 'APW 2293'

Subject description

The Australian Print Workshop archive of Australian prints and book arts.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

125293

Accession number

2002.431.2293

Accession method

Purchase

Meeting

Meeting 7, 2001/2002 (2002-06-26)

Provenance

Purchased by the National Gallery of Australia, from the Australian Print Workshop (formerly the Victorian Print Workshop), Melbourne, 2002, where the work was produced.

Credit line

Australian Print Workshop Archive 2, purchased with the assistance of the Gordon Darling Australasian Print Fund 2002

Copyright

Courtesy of the artist

Subject category

Collection: The Australian Print Workshop [formerly Victorian Print Workshop] archive of Australian prints 1981 - 2002, acquired 2002.

Country of context

Australia

Creators

LEACH-JONES, Alun | (1937–2017) Australian | English | Male | artist

AUSTRALIAN PRINT WORKSHOP | (1989–) Australian | Organisation | print workshop