Crocodile man
Primary Artist
Garry Shead (1942–)
Title
Date made
1998 – 1998, September
Place made
Australia, Australia, Queensland, Lockhart River, Lockhart River Arts & Culture Centre View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
etching and aquatint, printed in black ink, from one plate
Matrix size
24.4 x 19.8 cm (plate-mark)
Support
white laid Magnani paper
Support size
55.4 x 37.8 cm (sheet (deckle-edged))
Manufacturers mark
watermark: lower left edge, image of trident
Impression
workshop proof
Edition information
not editioned, some proofs made
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Garry Shead'. Not dated. Titled lower centre below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Crocodile man'. Inscribed with impression details lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'W/P'.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
130815
Accession number
2004.358.103
Accession method
Gift
Meeting
Meeting 2, 2004/2005 (2004-10-27)
Provenance
Gift to the National Gallery of Australia, from Geoffrey and Fran Barker (who established printmaking at Lockhart River in 1995), 2004.
Credit line
Gift of Geoff and Fran Barker 2004
Copyright
© Garry Shead
Creators
Shead, Garry. | (1942–) Australian | Male | artist
Barker, Geoffrey. | (1977–) Australian | Male | printer