You Yangs landscape
Primary Artist
Fred Williams (1927–1982)
Title
Reference
Zdanowicz (1980), 269
Date made
1963
Place made
Australia, Australia, Victoria, Melbourne, Gallery A Print Workshop, 275 Toorak Road, South Yarra View on map Close map
Category
Print type
planographic
Technique
lithograph, printed in colour, from three zinc plates
Matrix size
57.0 x 80.4 cm (printed image)
Support
thick white wove Barcham Green paper
Support size
57.0 x 80.0 cm (sheet)
State
published state
Impression
43/50
Edition information
edition of 50
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed lower left below image in black pencil. incribed lower right in black pencil, with title and edition number.
Inscriptions or device by others involved in the works production
Publisher's blindstamp lower right corner, symbol of the National Gallery of Victoria. Printer's blindstamp lower right corner 'A'.
Subject description
Landscape of abstracted tree forms, You Yangs, Victoria.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
45930
Accession number
64.67
Accession method
Purchase
Meeting
C.A.A.B. Meeting (1964-10-19)
Provenance
Purchased by the Commonwealth Art Advisory Board (C.A.A.B.), from the National Gallery Society of Victoria, Melbourne, October 1964.
Credit line
Purchased 1964
Copyright
© Fred Williams Estate
Country of context
Australia
Notes
One of a set of five lithographs commissioned by the National Gallery Society of Victoria. The artists were Albert Tucker, Leonard Hessing, Leonard French, John Olsen and Fred Williams. All were printed by Janet Dawson at Gallery A Print Workshop, Melbourne. All editions (except the Hessings) were printed in two runs. The first of thirty was printed in 1963; the second 20 in 1964. The Hessing print was executed and printed in 1964.
Creators
National Gallery Society of Victoria. | (1947–) Australian | Organisation | commissioner
Dawson, Janet. | (1935–) Australian | Female | printer
WILLIAMS, Fred | (1927–1982) Australian | Male | artist
Gallery A Print Workshop [Melbourne]. | (1962–1964) Australian | Organisation | print workshop
Last Updated
08 Jan 2013