Primary Artist

Brian Robinson (1974–)

Title

Traditional hunting

Date made

1993

Place made

Australia, Australia, Queensland, Cairns, Cairns College of TAFE View on map Close map

Category

Print

Print type

relief

Technique

linocut, printed in black ink, from one block; hand coloured a la coupe [wet on wet technique]

Matrix size

41.0 x 59.0 cm (printed image)

Support

thick white wove T.H. Saunders Waterford Series paper

Support size

56.0 x 75.8 cm (sheet)

Manufacturers mark

watermark: 'TH SAUNDERS ENGLAND WATERFORD SERIES'

State

published state

Impression

5/10

Edition information

edition of 10

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

Signed and dated lower right below printed image in black pencil, 'B. Robinson '93'. Inscribed lower left below printed image in black pencil, '5/10'. Inscribed lower centre below printed image in black pencil, ' 'Traditional Hunting' '

Subject description

A print depicting a hunting scene with three men in a canoe; one fishing, one beating a drum and the other holding a spear. Below them is a hammerhead shark, dugong and octopus.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

187069

Accession number

94.407

Accession method

Purchase

Meeting

Meeting 6, 1993/94 (1994-06-29)

Provenance

Produced by the artist while studying a course in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander visual art at the Cairns College of TAFE in 1993.

Credit line

Gordon Darling Australasian Print Fund 1994

Country of context

Australia

Creators

Robinson, Brian. | (1974–) Australian | Torres Strait Islander | Male | artist

Last Updated

08 Jan 2013