Sherbrooke Forest. Number 1

Primary Artist

Fred Williams (1927–1982)

Title

Sherbrooke Forest. Number 1

Reference

Mollison (1968), 186 x/xxiii

Date made

1961

Place made

Australia, Australia, Victoria, Melbourne View on map Close map

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Category

Print

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