Once upon a time
Primary Artist
Mitzi Shearer (1909–1995)
Title
Date made
1979 – 1979-83
Date details
1983, hand-coloured
Place made
Australia, Australia, Western Australia, Perth View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
etching, printed in black ink, from one plate, hand-coloured
Matrix size
18.4 x 20.0 cm (plate-mark)
Support
wove paper
Support size
28.4 x 38.6 cm (sheet)
Edition information
edition of 6 unique printings
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed and dated lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Shearer '79/83'. Inscribed along lower edge, below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Unique No5. 'Once upon a time '(Hand coloured -'83)'.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
167913
Accession number
92.838
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
Notes
Executed either in Perth/Melbourne?
Creators
SHEARER, Mitzi | (1909–1995) Female | artist