Personage and factory smoke.

Primary Artist

George Baldessin (1939–1978)

Title

Personage and factory smoke.

Reference

Kolenberg, J (1997), 238.

Date made

1974

Place made

Winfield Building Studio, Naam / Melbourne, Victoria, Australia View on map Close map

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Category

Print

Print types

intaglio |

Technique

etching and aquatint, printed in black ink, from two plates; stencil, printed in colour ink, printed from multiple stencils.

Matrix size

60.6 x 76.3 cm (plate-mark)

Support

medium-weight smooth cream wove C M Fabriano papaer

Support size

67.6 x 88.3 cm (sheet)

Manufacturers mark

papermaker's watermark

State

published print

Impression

3/25

Edition information

edition of 25

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

Signed and dated lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'George Baldessin 74'. Inscribed lower centre below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Personage & factory smoke'. Inscribed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Edition 3/25'.

Subject description

Nude woman obscured by stripes and smoke.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

34252

Accession number

75.471

Accession method

Purchase

Meeting

Interim Council, Meeting 16 (1975-12-09)

Provenance

Purchased from Crossley Gallery, Melbourne, 9 December 1975.

Credit line

Purchased 1975

Country of context

Australia

Creators

BALDESSIN, George | (1939–1978) Australian | Italian | Male | artist

Last Updated

11 Jan 2013