Black cockatoos

Artist: b'PRESTON, Margaret' | Title: b'Black cockatoos' | Date: 1925 | Technique: b'woodcut, printed in black ink, from one block; hand-coloured' | Copyright: b'\xc2\xa9 Margaret Preston. Licensed by VISCOPY, Australia'
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Primary Artist

Margaret Preston (1875–1963)

Title

Black cockatoos

Reference

Butler (1987), 72

Date made

1925

Place made

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

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Category

Print

Print type

relief

Technique

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

Matrix size

24.8 x 25.2 cm (printed image)

Support

thin cream laid paper

Support size

31.6 x 28.7 cm (sheet)

Manufacturers mark

no manufacturer's mark

State

published state

Impression

4/50

Edition information

edition of 50, hand-coloured

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

Signed lower right below printed image in black pencil, 'Margaret Preston'. Dated lower left below printed image in black pencil, '25'. Titled lower left below printed image in black pencil, 'Black Cockatoo'. Inscribed lower left below printed image in black pencil, '4th proof'.

Subject description

Native Australian fauna: two cockatoos in gum tree (eucalyptus) with butterflies.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

30129

Accession number

78.598

Accession method

Purchase

Meeting

Meeting 1, 1978/79 (1978-07-11)

Provenance

Purchased by the Australian National Gallery, from Deutscher Fine Art, Melbourne, May 1978; From the exhibition, 'A survey of Australian relief prints 1900/1950', Melbourne: Deutscher Galleries, 13 April - 5 May 1978, cat., no.24, ((illustrated).

Credit line

Purchased 1978

Copyright

© Margaret Preston. Licensed by VISCOPY, Australia

Country of context

Australia

Creators

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

Last Updated

09 Jan 2013