<p>Clown.</p>
Primary Artist
Tate Adams (1922–2018)
Title
Date made
1962
Place made
Australia, Australia, Victoria, Melbourne, RMIT View on map Close map
Category
Print type
relief
Technique
linocut, printed in colour, from five blocks
Matrix size
76.3 x 51.0 cm (printed image)
Support
thin cream wove paper
Support size
88.4 x 63.8 cm (sheet)
State
published state
Impression
23/50
Edition information
edition of 50
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed and dated lower right below printed image in black pencil, 'Adams 62'. Inscribed lower left below printed image in black pencil, 'Clown'. Inscribed lower centre below printed image in black pencil, '23/50'.
Subject description
Abstracted figure.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
43745
Accession number
66.7
Accession method
Purchase
Meeting
C.A.A.B. Meeting (1966-03-15)
Provenance
Purchased by the Commonwealth Art Advisory Board (C.A.A.B.), from the artist, Melbourne, 1966.
Credit line
Purchased 1966
Country of context
Australia
Notes
Exhibited Sept-Oct 1963 in "Prints '63". Cat "1 CLOWN. Linocut 5 colours 30 x 20" Ed. 50 20 Gns". Exhibited 1963/4 in "Australian Print Survey" Cat "1 Clown 12/50 Colour linocut, five blocks. 30 x 20. Melbourne 1963". Exhibited 15 July - 15 Sept 1966 in "Australian Prints Today" at Smithsonian, Washington, D.C. Cat. "Clown colour linoleum cut, 30 x 20, 9/50, 1962". Illustrated in Seidel, B., The Arts in Australia: Printmaking, p.9.
Creators
Adams, Tate. | (1922–2018) Australian | Irish | Male | artist
Last Updated
07 Jan 2013