Circus clowns
Primary Artist
Mary Macqueen (1912–1994)
Title
Date made
1960 – (1960)
Place made
Australia, Australia, Victoria, Melbourne, RMIT View on map Close map
Category
Print type
Intaglio-
Technique
sugar aquatint, deep etch, softground, etching and drypoint, printed in black ink, from one plate
Matrix size
23.0 x 30.2 cm (plate-mark)
Support
cream wove paper
Support size
28.0 x 37.8 cm (sheet)
Edition information
edition of 12
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Not signed. Not dated. Inscribed lower left centre in black pencil, 'Sugar Aquatint, deep etch, Soft ground, etching. drypoint'. Inscribed lower right corner in black pencil, [illeg - erased]
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
92673
Accession number
84.2127
Accession method
Gift
Meeting
Meeting 5, 1984/85 (1984-12-11)
Provenance
Given by the artist to the NGA, December 1984.
Credit line
Gift of the artist 1984
Copyright
Courtesy Paulette Calhoun, for the estate of Mary Macqueen
Country of context
Australia
Creators
MACQUEEN, Mary | (1912–1994) Australian | Female | artist