Tatura dreams I.
Primary Artist
Bruno Simon (1913–1999)
Title
Other titles
Farewell to city and peace
Source
Tatura dreams
Date made
1941 – 1941-87
Place made
Europe, Italy, Lombardy, Bergamo, Le Cinque Vie, Via S. Orsola 27 View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
photo-etching, printed in black, with plate-tone, from one zinc plate
Matrix size
19.6 x 27.0 cm (plate-mark)
Support
cream Hahnemuhle wove paper
Support size
26.0 x 37.6 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
watermark: 'HAHNEMUHLE'
State
published state
Impression
5/10
Edition information
edition of 10
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed lower right in plate 'BS'. Dated lower left in plate '1941'. Signed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'BSimon'. Inscribed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, '5/10'. Inscribed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'I'.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
187715
Accession number
94.1344.1
Accession method
Purchase
Meeting
Meeting 2, 1994/95 (1994-10-26)
Credit line
Gordon Darling Australasian Print Fund 1994
Subject category
War: second world war, 1939-1945
Country of context
Australia
Notes
These etchings were originally made as monotypes in 1941 at Tatura Internment camp, Tatura, Vic.
Creators
Simon, Bruno. | (1913–1999) Austrian | Swiss | Male | artist
Le Cinque Vie. | (1987–) Italian | Organisation | printer
Last Updated
11 Jan 2013