Primary Artist

Arthur Boyd (1920–1999)

Title

(Figures in a haystack) [variant I].

Source

Peter Stark, Tomorrow’s ghosts, with 12 original etchings by Arthur Boyd. Guilford, England: Circle Publications, 1971.

Page or Plate number

plate 1 variant

Date made

1970

Place made

Europe, England, Greater London, London View on map Close map

Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

etching, printed in black ink, from one plate

Matrix size

30.2 x 24.9 cm (plate-mark)

Support

wove paper

Support size

56.6 x 39.6 cm (sheet)

Manufacturers mark

watermark: image of coat of arms [and] '1970'

Edition information

book edition of 100, including 15 artist's proofs; portfolio edition of 50 signed and numbered impressions

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

76489

Accession number

75.3.818

Accession method

Gift

Meeting

Interim Council, Meeting 7 (1975-02-11)

Provenance

Gift of the artist to the Interim Council of the NGA, February 1975.

Credit line

The Arthur Boyd gift, 1975

Copyright

Reproduced with permission of Bundanon Trust

Subject category

Collection: The Arthur Boyd gift of his paintings, prints and drawings, 1975.

Country of context

Australia

Creators

BOYD, Arthur | (1920–1999) Australian | Male | artist

Last Updated

04 Jan 2013