Primary Artist

Mervyn Wallis (1930–)

Title

The apache

Date made

1929 – (1929)

Place made

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

Category

Print

Print type

relief

Technique

linocut, printed in colour, from multiple blocks

Matrix size

18.6 x 14.3 cm (printed image)

Support

paper

Support size

23.8 x 16.4 cm (sheet)

State

published state

Impression

3/20

Edition information

edition of 20

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

Printed signature lower left within image, 'W'. Signed lower right below printed image in black pencil, 'Mervyn E. Wallis'. Not dated. Titled lower left below printed image in black pencil, 'The Apache' Inscribed lower left below printed image in black pencil, 'linocut ...3/20'

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

111070

Accession number

78.27

Accession method

Purchase

Meeting

Meeting 18, 1977/78 (1978-05-30)

Provenance

Purchased by the Australian National Gallery, from Deutscher Fine Art, Melbourne, May 1978; From the exhibition, 'A survey of Australian relief prints 1900/1950', Melbourne: Deutscher Galleries, 13 April - 5 May 1978, cat., no.86, ((illustrated).

Credit line

Purchased 1978

Country of context

Australia

Creators

Wallis, Mervyn. | (1930–) Australian | Male | artist

Last Updated

08 Jan 2013