Beauty amongst the thorns

Primary Artist

Mitzi Shearer (1909–1995)

Title

Beauty amongst the thorns

Date made

1978

Place made

Australia, Australia, Western Australia, Perth View on map Close map

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Category

Print

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

Last Updated

04 Jan 2013