A fiction?

Primary Artist

Raymond Arnold (1950–)

Title

A fiction?

Source

From Prints by twenty-five Australian artists. Canberra: Australian National Gallery and Australian Bicentennial Authority, 1988.

Page or Plate number

no.2.

Work number

Australian Print Workshop (1981-), 2323

Date made

1987

Place made

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

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Category

Print

Print type

stencil

Technique

screenprint, printed in colour, from multiple stencils

Matrix size

73.0 x 55.0 cm (printed image)

Support

thick off-white Arches Satine 330 gsm paper

Support size

77.0 x 57.0 cm (sheet)

Manufacturers mark

watermark upper right edge, 'ARCHES /FRANCE'; blindstamp upper right edge, 'VERITABLE PAPIER D' ARCHE SATINE'.

State

published state

Impression

workshop proof 2

Edition information

edition of 80; plus 4 trial proofs, 2 artists proofs; 1 printers proof; 2 workshop proofs

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

Signed and dated lower right below printed image in black pencil, 'Ray Arnold '87'. Titled lower left below printed image in black pencil, 'A FICTION?' Inscribed with edition details lower centre left below printed image in black pencil, 'VPW Proof II'.

Inscriptions or device by others involved in the works production

no blindstamp

Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work

Inscribed verso lower right in black pencil, 'APW 2323'

Subject description

The Australian Print Workshop archive of Australian prints and book arts.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

125323

Accession number

2002.431.2323

Accession method

Purchase

Meeting

Meeting 7, 2001/2002 (2002-06-26)

Provenance

Purchased by the National Gallery of Australia, from the Australian Print Workshop (formerly the Victorian Print Workshop), Melbourne, 2006, where the work was produced.

Credit line

Australian Print Workshop Archive 2, purchased with the assistance of the Gordon Darling Australasian Print Fund 2002

Subject category

Australia, Bicentennial, 1988

Country of context

Australia

Creators

VICTORIAN PRINT WORKSHOP | (1981–1989) Australian | Organisation | print workshop

ARNOLD, Raymond | (1950–) Australian | Male | artist

Last Updated

08 Jan 2013