Searchlights.

Primary Artist

Christine Aldor (1913–1970)

Title

Searchlights.

Date made

1940 – 1940s

Place made

Australia, Australia, South Australia, Adelaide View on map Close map

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Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

aquatint, printed in brown ink, from one plate

Matrix size

24.2 x 19.0 cm (plate-mark)

Support

paper

Support size

28.6 x 22.6 cm (sheet)

State

published state

Impression

1/20

Edition information

edition of 20

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

Signed lower right below image in black pencil, Inscribed lower left below image in black pencil, title and Ed no.

Subject description

Searchlight beams criss-crossingscanning the sky at a darkened army training camp at Woodside, South Australia.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

70666

Accession number

80.925

Accession method

Purchase

Meeting

Meeting 7, 1979/80 (1980-05-13)

Provenance

Purchased by the Australian National Gallery, from Deutscher Fine Art, Melbourne, May 1980.

Credit line

Purchased 1980

Subject category

War: second world war, 1939-1945

Country of context

Australia

Creators

Aldor, Christine. | (1913–1970) Australian | Female | artist

Last Updated

04 Jan 2013