Beauty amongst the thorns
Primary Artist
Mitzi Shearer (1909–1995)
Title
Date made
1978
Place made
Australia, Australia, Western Australia, Perth View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
etching, printed in black, with plate-tone, from one plate
Matrix size
29.3 x 29.2 cm (plate-mark)
Support
thick white wove paper
Support size
64.0 x 50.9 cm (sheet)
State
published state
Impression
2/12
Edition information
edition of 12
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed and dated lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Shearer '78'. Inscribed lower centre below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Beauty amongst the thorns'. Inscribed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, '2/12'.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
167895
Accession number
92.821
Accession method
Purchase
Meeting
Meeting 1, 1992/93 (1992-08-26)
Provenance
Purchased by the Australian National Gallery, from Charles Nodrum Gallery, Melbourne, 1992.
Credit line
Gordon Darling Australasian Print Fund 1992
Country of context
Australia
Creators
SHEARER, Mitzi | (1909–1995) Female | artist