Moralities: "Can you forgive me Father?" "Can you forgive me daughter?".
Primary Artist
Will Dyson (1880–1938)
Title
Moralities: "Can you forgive me Father?" "Can you forgive me daughter?".
Source
Moralities.
Date made
1927 – c.1929
Place made
North & Central America, United States of America, New York, New York View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
drypoint, printed in black ink, from one plate
Matrix size
27.8 x 21.4 cm (plate-mark)
Support
paper
Support size
38.1 x 29.5 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
watermark: 'Tuscany Italy'
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
4
Subject description
Satirical scene of woman holding her illegitimate baby before God and asking his forgiveness and God asking for hers for creating an imperfect world.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
31398
Accession number
77.433
Accession method
Purchase
Meeting
Meeting 12, 1977/78 (1977-08-09)
Provenance
Purchased by the Australian National Gallery, from John Brackenreg, Artarmon Galleries, Sydney, 1977.
Credit line
Purchased 1977
Country of context
Australia
Creators
Dyson, Will. | (1880–1938) Australian | Male | artist
Last Updated
04 Jan 2013