Sherbrooke Forest. Number 1
Primary Artist
Fred Williams (1927–1982)
Title
Reference
Mollison (1968), 186 x/xxiii
Date made
1961
Place made
Australia, Australia, Victoria, Melbourne View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
engraving, aquatint, open biting, foul biting, printed in brown ink, from one copper plate
Matrix size
19.2 x 16.8 cm (plate-mark)
Support
cream linen textured carridge paper
Support size
25.0 x 22.0 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
published state
Impression
4/20
Edition information
edition of 20
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Fred Williams'. Not dated. Inscribed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, '4-20/2.'.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed lower right in black pencil, 'earlier state' [JM].
Subject description
Landscape of vertical tree forms in Sherbrooke Forest, Dandenong Ranges, Victoria.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
70466
Accession number
87.1868
Accession method
Purchase
Meeting
Meeting 5, 1987/88 (1987-11-10)
Provenance
With the artist until his death in 1982. By descent to Lyn Williams, the artist's widow. Purchased by the Australian National Gallery, from Lyn Williams, Melbourne, November 1987.
Credit line
Purchased from Gallery admission charges 1987
Copyright
© Fred Williams Estate
Country of context
Australia
Creators
WILLIAMS, Fred | (1927–1982) Australian | Male | artist
Last Updated
11 Jan 2013