Greeting card: Greetings from Roy Shepherd
Primary Artist
Christian Waller (1894–1954)
Title
Greeting card: Greetings from Roy Shepherd
Reference
Butler (1992), 36
Date made
1930 – c.1932
Place made
Australia, Australia, Victoria, Melbourne View on map Close map
Category
Print type
relief
Technique
linocut, printed in black ink, from one block
Matrix size
15.2 x 7.6 cm (printed image)
Support
cream wove paper
Support size
15.6 x 7.6 cm (sheet)
State
published state
Impression
undesignated impression
Edition information
print-run unknown
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed lower right below printed image in black pencil, 'Christian Waller'.. Not dated.
Subject description
Young person holding open book with head surrounded by doves.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
168406
Accession number
93.608
Accession method
Gift
Meeting
Meeting 6, 1992/93 (1993-06-23)
Provenance
With the artist at her death in 1956. Collection of Klytie Pate, neice of the artist. Gift to Roger Butler, from Klytie Pate, 1978.. Gift to the National Gallery of Australia, from Roger Butler, Canberra, 1993.
Credit line
Gift of Roger Butler 1993
Country of context
Australia
Notes
On the reverse is a segment of the Christian Waller linocut, Peace on Earth
Creators
Waller, Christian. | (1894–1954) Australian | Female | artist