The waiting bus

Artist: b'Smart, Jeffrey.' | Title: b'The waiting bus' | Date: 1986, April | Technique: b'lithograph, printed in colour, from four stones [or plates]'
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Primary Artist

Jeffrey Smart (1921–2013)

Title

The waiting bus

Work number

Australian Print Workshop (1981-), 2610

Date made

1986 – 1986, April

Place made

Australia, Australia, Victoria, Melbourne, Victorian Print Workshop, 188 Gertrude Street, Fitzroy View on map Close map

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Category

Print

Print type

planographic

Technique

lithograph, printed in colour, from four stones [or plates]

Matrix size

60.0 x 73.5 cm (printed image)

Support

white wove Arches BFK Rives 300 gsm paper

Support size

80.6 x 95.0 cm (sheet (deckle-edged))

Manufacturers mark

watermark upper right, 'BFK RIVES/ FRANCE [infinity symbol]'.

State

published state

Impression

workshop proof 2

Edition information

edition of 80; dark state edition of 10; plus 1 trial proof, 1 right-to-print proof, 4 + 5 artist's proofs, 2 printer's proof, workshop proofs

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

Signed lower right below image in black pencil, 'Jeffrey Smart'. Not dated. Titled lower centre below image in black pencil, 'The Waiting Bus'. Inscribed with impression details lower left below image in black pencil, 'VPW proof II'.

Inscriptions or device by others involved in the works production

Print workshop blindstamp lower right, 'VPW' [within rectangle]

Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work

Inscribed verso lower right in black pencil, 'APW 2610'

Subject description

The Australian Print Workshop archive of Australian prints and book arts.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

125610

Accession number

2002.431.2610

Accession method

Purchase

Meeting

Meeting 7, 2001/2002 (2002-06-26)

Provenance

Purchased by the National Gallery of Australia, from the Australian Print Workshop (formerly the Victorian Print Workshop), Melbourne, 2006, where the work was produced.

Credit line

Australian Print Workshop Archive 2, purchased with the assistance of the Gordon Darling Australasian Print Fund 2002

Country of context

Australia

Creators

Smart, Jeffrey. | (1921–2013) Australian | Male | artist

VICTORIAN PRINT WORKSHOP | (1981–1989) Australian | Organisation | print workshop

Leveson, Neil. | (1948–1992) Australian | Male | printer

Last Updated

09 Jan 2013