Once upon a time

Primary Artist

Mitzi Shearer (1909–1995)

Title

Once upon a time

Date made

1979 – 1979-83

Date details

1983, hand-coloured

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 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

Last Updated

06 Jan 2013