Still life: Children's blocks
Primary Artist
William Kelly (1943–2023)
Title
Date made
1981 – 1981-82
Place made
Australia, Australia, Victoria, Melbourne View on map Close map
Category
Print type
computer-generated
Technique
computer-print, printed in colour, from dot-matrix printer
Matrix size
15.1 x 24.2 cm (printed image)
Support
wove paper
Support size
21.5 x 27.9 cm (sheet)
State
published state
Impression
1/30
Edition information
edition of 30
Production notes
The artist notes: 'Still Life: Children's Blocks' ... is a computer-graphics work. It is part of a series of 12 prints now under way that reflects the concerns and images common to my work in other media. An electronic stylus was used to make notationd on graphic tablets. It is rather similar to the feel of a drawing on a soft-ground plate, though the notations which result are a series of points on a field capable of evidencing approximaterly fifty thousand points. The tablet is used in conjunction with an Apple II comptuter (6502 digital processor) plus one B & W and one colour monitor. The image reads on both and can be printed either by means of a B & W dot matrix printer, thermal printer or photo-transformed, as in this image. [Art and Australia, vol.19, no.3, 1982, p.275.]
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed lower right below image in black pencil, 'Kelly'. Dated lower centre in black pencil, '1981-82'. Titled lower left below image in black pencil, 'Still Life: Chilower rightn's Blocks (for T Salvas)'. Inscribed lower left corner in black pencil, '1'.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
37932
Accession number
84.642
Accession method
Purchase
Meeting
Meeting 9, 1983/84 (1984-05-08)
Provenance
Purchased by the Australian National Gallery, from Stuart Gerstman Galleries, Melbourne, May 1984.
Credit line
Gordon Darling Fund 1984
Copyright
© William Kelly
Country of context
Australia
Creators
Kelly, William. | (1943–2023) American | Australian | Male | artist