The jails are the crime

Primary Artist

Toni Robertson (1953–)

Title

The jails are the crime

Date made

1978 – 1978-79?

Place made

Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney, The Tin Sheds Art Workshop, University of Sydney, 162 City Road Darlington View on map Close map

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Category

Poster

Print type

stencil

Technique

screenprint, printed in colour, from 12 stencils

Matrix size

68.8 x 56.1 cm (printed image)

Support

cream wove paper

Support size

75.8 x 56.1 cm (sheet)

State

published state

Impression

undesignated impression as issued

Edition information

print run unknown

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

No inscriptions.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

548

Accession number

94.328

Accession method

Curator's allowance

Meeting

Meeting 5, 1993/94 (1994-04-27)

Provenance

Purchased by the National Gallery of Australia, from Marie McMahon, Sydney, 1994.

Credit line

Roger Butler Fund 1994

Copyright

© Toni Robertson

Subject categories

Political issues | Community issues: jails

Country of context

Australia

Creators

Robertson, Toni. | (1953–) Australian | Female | artist

EARTHWORKS POSTER COLLECTIVE | (1972–1979) Australian | Organisation | artist

Last Updated

07 Jan 2013