Three generations

Primary Artist

Harry Rosengrave (1899–1986)

Title

Three generations

Date made

1956

Place made

Australia, Australia, Victoria, Melbourne, RMIT View on map Close map

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Category

Print

Print type

relief

Technique

linocut, printed in colour, from four blocks and overprinted in lithography with black ink from one plate

Matrix size

23.2 x 33.4 cm (printed image)

Support

thin cream wove lithographic paper

Support size

31.4 x 47.2 cm (sheet (irregular))

Manufacturers mark

no manufacturer's mark

State

published state

Impression

12/30

Edition information

edition of 30

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

Signed and dated lower right below composition in black pencil, 'H Rosengrave 1956'. Inscribed lower left below composition in black pencil, 'Three Generations'. Inscribed lower centre below composition in black pencil, '12/30'.

Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work

Inscribed verso, lower right in black pencil, 'Rosengrave 14'.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

41046

Accession number

86.224

Accession method

Purchase

Meeting

Meeting 6, 1985/86 (1986-02-11)

Provenance

Collection of the artist Harry Rosengrave (1899-1986), Melbourne. Purchased by the ANG from his family through Niagara Galleries, Melbourne, February 1986.

Credit line

Purchased 1986

Country of context

Australia

Notes

Scrap of black paper glued u.c. edge, verso. Exhibited in "Prints by the Melbourne Graphic Artists", 25 Sept - 4 oct 1956 at Peter Bray Gallery, Melbourne. Cat No. 15 "Three Generations ... colour lithograph and lino- cut".

Creators

ROSENGRAVE, Harry | (1899–1986) Australian | Male | printer

Last Updated

08 Jan 2013