Night watch
Primary Artist
Pamela Griffith (1943–)
Title
Date made
1980
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Bardwell Park, Griffith Studio and Graphic Workshop View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
etching, soft ground, spray resist printed in black ink, from one zinc plate
Matrix size
60.7 x 45.3 cm (plate-mark)
Support
cream wove C.M.Fabriano paper
Support size
76.0 x 56.5 cm (sheet)
State
published state
Impression
artist's proof
Edition information
edition of 40
Production notes
Griffith Studio and Graphic Workshop note: The soft ground Australiana III plate was reworked with hard ground drawing of owl and rabbit. The background was spray painted. Corners rounded and bevel aquatinted.
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'P.A. Griffith (Imp)'. Not dated. Inscribed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Artists Proof.'. Inscribed lower centre below plate-mark in black pencil, ' 'Night Watch' '.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
1233
Accession number
94.805
Accession method
Gift
Meeting
Meeting 6, 1993/94 (1994-06-29)
Provenance
Gift to the National Gallery of Australia, from Ross Griffith, husband of Pamela Griffith, of Griffith Studio and Graphic Workshop, Bardwell Park, New South Wales, June 1994.
Credit line
Gift of Professor Ross Griffith 1994
Copyright
© Pamela Griffith
Country of context
Australia
Notes
The soft ground Australiana III plate was reworked with hard ground drawing of owl and rabbit. The background was spray painted. Corners rounded and bevel aquatinted.
Creators
GRIFFITH, Pamela | (1943–) Australian | Female | artist
GRIFFITH STUDIO AND GRAPHIC WORKSHOP | (1973–1999) Australian | Organisation | publisher
Last Updated
08 Jan 2013